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Recent Examples of rhapsodic It has been described as expressing a desire for peace and homecoming, but is more truly the soundtrack to a home-going — one of the most rhapsodic descriptions of heaven’s terrain in the history of American pop. — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026 Why Bruno Mars is a musical unicorn To wax rhapsodic about Mars as an executor of charm is commonplace. — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026 Here are a few of the most remarkable images from their rhapsodic journey. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Apr. 2026 My Lover, the Rabbi unfolds in short chapters, with a rhapsodic, repetitive voice that echoes the work of the 20th-century Austrian madman Thomas Bernhard. — Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rhapsodic
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Adjective
  • From a roomful of ecstatic socialists to Hollywood’s creative class and Karen Bass’s loyalists, Vanity Fair went party-hopping on a night when everyone had something to celebrate.
    — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Judging by initial reaction to Ryan Poles’ trade for Jeffery Simmons, the vast majority of Bears fans were somewhere between ecstatic and quite satisfied.
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026
Adjective
  • Episodes easily conveyed the filmmakers’ giddy excitement for the next big battle scene, the next big twist, and the next big moment in their Tolkien translation.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 10 Nov. 2026
  • The film’s giddy opening moments fall into a tradition of New York movies that sweep us up, in a disorienting, intoxicating blur, into the city’s after-hours enclaves.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026

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“Rhapsodic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rhapsodic. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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