transcendence
Example Sentences
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The magic of this “Salome” is its transcendence of silliness into acceptance.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
The series, now in its second season on Fox Nation, is the filmmaker’s effort to find relevance for everyday existence in human stories of sacrifice, heroism and faith that led to spiritual transcendence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
Instead it helps bring home the horror movie’s big theme about the transcendence of art for oppressed people, including “music so true it can pierce the veil between life and death.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025
This transcendence is one of the film’s greatest gifts, a chance to practice serenity and patience when there is little of either.
From Salon • May 2, 2025
If his productions are merely almost transcendent, when the possibility of true transcendence exists somewhere nearby, waiting to be attained, then there is something else that must be done.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Vocabulary lists containing transcendence
Talk Like Shakespeare Day, List 8
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The Fire Next Time
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I'll Give You the Sun
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