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Meanings of rapturous in английском

Feeling great rapture or delight.

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        Usage of rapturous in английском
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        Despite the team's disappointment, they received a rapturous welcome home last night.
        The Irish Times
        2
        He grasped it in his own and covered it with rapturous kisses.
        Prince Eugene and His Times
        3
        One rapturous blogger called her 'the Everlasting Progressive, the Princess of News'.
        The Guardian
        4
        Benedict's predecessor John Paul always met rapturous crowds in his Catholic Poland.
        Reuters
        5
        The great poet musicians can breathe out their inspirations in rapturous melodies.
        Life in a Thousand Worlds
        6
        In it the chiefs, to their rapturous surprise, beheld Murray and Edwin.
        The Scottish Chiefs
        7
        Edmund Rigby heard the vile rapturous imploring chorus of the souls beginning.
        The Reality Dysfunction
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        And he cannot pronounce upon its beauty in voice of rapturous content.
        The Rosary
        9
        He laughs and kicks his little heels in rapturous glee, and then
        McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, January, 1896
        10
        The same happy, rapturous faces turned to the shaggy figure of Denísov.
        War and Peace
        11
        And overhead the rapturous bird-voice pealed forth a perfect paean of victory.
        The Knave of Diamonds
        12
        Rarely has the town hosted a more rapturous aftermath to a final.
        The Irish Times
        13
        Mrs. Warren was not yet dressed, but was rapturous in her greeting.
        Mrs. Warren's Daughter: A Story of the Woman's Movement
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        He went on to also win the 5000m before a rapturous crowd.
        Reuters
        15
        And calling forth from old and young a burst of rapturous praise.
        Gleams of Sunshine: Optimistic Poems
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        With burning vows and rapturous words I pledged my life to her.
        The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 / Devoted...
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