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rhapsodize

[rap-suh-dahyz] / ˈræp səˌdaɪz /


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He discovered the restaurant after hearing Ed Begley Jr. rhapsodize about it.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

She knew how to poke fun at pious men in frilly dickeys, and rhapsodize on the pleasures found in everyday life.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 27, 2026

I also wanted to ask about the specific choice of having Elena address her constituents as “my loves” and rhapsodize about “our love.”

From Salon Apr. 8, 2024

Romantic partners gush about love at first sight; parents rhapsodize about meeting their babies for the first time.

From New York Times Feb. 15, 2023

Madoc is patiently listening to her rhapsodize over the perfection of their garments.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

When Eric Schmidt, speaking last week to the University of Arizona’s graduates, rhapsodized about the coming artificial-intelligence revolution, some in the crowed jeered.

From The Wall Street Journal May 20, 2026

Back in 2005, when Roberts rhapsodized about Indiana farmland and an endless horizon punctuated only by silos and barns, he was substituting a humble, real-life Midwest upbringing for his own.

From Slate May 7, 2026

King Charles has rhapsodized about the charms of Romania for decades.

From New York Times May 1, 2023

It proved to be no less lethal against Russia’s armor in Ukraine — so much so that some Ukrainians rhapsodized its prowess in song.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 2, 2023

Raphael, another Greek beggar, rhapsodized interminably, and Bloch, a Cabalist from Germany, a meek, simple soul, had frenzies of fiery inspiration.

From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Israel Zangwill

The film starts with both Frances and Hannah rhapsodizing about Jim from a distance, saying all the things you’re supposed to say about marginalized people who have lived their lives courageously.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 2, 2025

Simpson knew this as early as 1976, when The New York Times ran a story rhapsodizing over his shocking success as Hertz’s pitchman, part of a $12.6 million advertising campaign.

From Salon Apr. 13, 2024

In fact, I enjoyed it so much that I once wrote a column rhapsodizing how foraging at the local warehouse store satisfied some primitive masculine need to hunt and gather.

From Seattle Times Feb. 20, 2022

The pandemic has turned us all into armchair immunologists, rhapsodizing about T cells and antibodies with the ardor once reserved for — well, anything else.

From Washington Post Feb. 17, 2022

Audubon even joined in, forgetting for the moment his customary pose, and rhapsodizing with the rest over his favourite pursuits of snipe-shooting and cricket.

From The Meaning of Good—A Dialogue by G. Lowes (Goldsworthy Lowes) Dickinson




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