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rhapsodize

[rap-suh-dahyz] / ˈræp səˌdaɪz /


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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

The videos, which now number more than 260, have become appointment viewing for movie lovers, who relish watching their favorite artists rhapsodize about cinema in unrehearsed, genuine ways.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 28, 2025

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

He focuses on a singular truth, when so many others rhapsodize about speaking their personal truth.

From Washington Post Aug. 23, 2022

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

Online, a group of women whom Ms. Kawasaki has dubbed “Yamagami Girls” have rhapsodized about Mr. Yamagami’s looks and the bookish intelligence they say he demonstrated on his Twitter account.

From New York Times Sep. 24, 2022

While The Times rhapsodized that it was “a captivating artifact, the rare making-of documentary that doesn’t just comment on but completely merges with its subject.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2022

Patriotism rhapsodized on the hustings, or cited rolling hexameters to an enraptured legislature.

From Literary Lapses by Leacock, Stephen

I'm looking right now at a listing near my own house rhapsodizing about the kitchen's "Hood Vent!!" with, yes, two exclamation points.

From Salon Jan. 20, 2023

The head of London’s public transport system is rhapsodizing about a subway station — part of a new line he says will be “the envy of the world” when it opens this month.

From Seattle Times May 12, 2022

That is Ingmar Bergman, in his memoir “The Magic Lantern,” rhapsodizing on his “secret love,” the island of Faro in the Baltic Sea.

From New York Times Oct. 14, 2021

USC needs to remove Clay Helton right here, right now, no more waiting, no more waffling, no more rationalizing, no more rhapsodizing.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2021

“Now come, don’t stand there rhapsodizing about it, but open your parcel, old lady, and see what luck will send you,” she said to her sister.

From The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel by Winter, John Strange




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