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Meanings of agape in English
Portuguese
ágape Selfless love of one person for another without sexual implications (especially love that is spiritual in nature)
Catalan
àgape Usage of agape in English
1
The pale eyes of Jansen stared, fascinated; the vast mouth fell agape.
2
One victim was not enough: the people waited agape for new disclosures.
3
The Kurds clustering around their leader listened with ears and eyes agape.
4
Cousin Adelaide would be more agape than the people of your office.
5
Hyacinth stood agape with wonder at the words which he had spoken.
6
He reined his horse closer to the wall, listening with mouth agape.
7
Hoary old crocodiles lay basking on the sand, their hungry mouths agape.
8
Perrichet was standing with his round eyes staring and his mouth agape.
9
A corpse, charred and twisted, jaws agape in a final agonal scream.
10
The pile of feathers around an agape bill was proof of that.
11
They all told what had happened, while Nora and Coke listened agape.
12
His arms were stretched out, his head thrown back, his mouth agape.
13
The admission slapped us in the face and left our mouths agape.
14
They stood beside me, staring into the pit, eyes searching, jaws agape.
15
For a moment, he knelt with mouth agape, unsure how to proceed.
16
A rare device, truly- acunningplot-astage-trick to set the mob agape!
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
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