angelic

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Recent Examples of angelic And when Sherman Harrison heard his daughter’s angelic voice, all bets were off. Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 18 May 2026 For women over 40 looking for the perfect bold crimson or angelic pink, the color payoff is professional-grade, delivering long-lasting saturation that remains nondrying throughout the day. Micaela English, Glamour, 30 Apr. 2026 The difficulty is creating space for a righteous character’s wisdom without reducing them to an angelic caricature. Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026 All the while, Gaga played out a loose storyline about her internal battle between her angelic and demonic sides. Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for angelic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for angelic
Adjective
  • Her ghost of a smile should be parsed as beatific rapture.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
  • King is known for creating beatific dances in collaboration with master musicians, pieces that feature the artists on stage in San Francisco (though LINES Ballet often performs on tour with a recorded score).
    Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Varsha is a pretty, cherubic girl with nut-brown eyes, short black braids and a sparkling smile that lights up her whole face.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
  • And for anyone who follows mom-fluencers online, with their perfect kitchens, nutritious meals, cherubic offspring and seemingly perfect lives.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 9 June 2026
Adjective
  • Pariah promises that now is not forever, and that refusing to compromise yourself is a blissful form of freedom.
    Rachel Simon, Vulture, 19 June 2026
  • Matchday in Panama is a blissful assault on the senses.
    Elias Burke, New York Times, 10 June 2026
Adjective
  • This virtuous cycle, the resilience dividend, is achievable.
    Nina Seega, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • There’s nonetheless a critical tweak built into the scene involving the uses of childhood sentimentality, and here, again, Spielberg suggests a self-awareness of the dangers of his practice, and the essential importance of having a virtuous idea system at the heart of such a drama.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 16 June 2026
Adjective
  • That was best encapsulated in the form of Curaçao’s transcendent goalkeeper Eloy Room, whose surname belied what Ecuador found behind him.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 21 June 2026
  • Yet some of his best coaching has come without transcendent stars.
    Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 June 2026
Adjective
  • Some were opposed on moral grounds to ICE’s presence in their neighborhoods, while others questioned whether the facilities would be a drain on local resources, such as sewer and water systems.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 June 2026
  • Players had begun getting legal money, alleviating a moral embarrassment from the previous century-plus, but transfers hadn’t yet started flipping half of every roster every season.
    Jason Kirk, New York Times, 23 June 2026
Adjective
  • Some participants even characterize their experiences as transcendental, ecstatic, or spiritual.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
  • But in Soni’s careful translation, the repetitions and subtle variation of Verma’s poems also achieve a haunting, transcendental resonance.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Adjective
  • An elusive celestial event is expected to peak later this week, according to astronomy experts.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 June 2026
  • Radio telescopes detect naturally occurring radio waves emitted by stars, planets, galaxies and other celestial objects.
    Denise Chow, NBC news, 21 June 2026

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“Angelic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angelic. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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