Sample sentences for RAPTURE - verbalworkout.com

2 meanings

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1 —as in:
listened with rapture

Definition

intense desired emotion — usually extreme happiness

rapture = a feeling of ecstasy (extreme happiness)

Other Uses (with this meaning)

rapture = ecstasy

rapture = extreme happiness

In her rapture, she hadn't noticed the pitying glances Mabel had cast her way, nor had she realized that Cobra was, like all the men she dated, basically a loser.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Guardian

rapture = extreme happiness

rapture = ecstasy (extreme happiness)

In between their bursts of merriment, Lifaen and Nari would remain silent for hours, observing their surroundings with a glow of peaceful rapture on their faces.
Christopher Paolini -- Eldest

rapture = extreme happiness

It would be nice to think McCandless experienced a similar rapture.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

rapture = extreme happiness

In the open air their rapture broke into speech.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter

rapture = extreme joy

I keep hoping to discover that he's dying to see me, and I'm in raptures when I notice his bashful attempts.
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl

raptures = feelings of ecstasy (extreme happiness)

I want that quiet rapture again. I want to feel the same powerful, nameless urge that I used to feel when I turned to my books.
Erich Maria Remarque -- All Quiet on the Western Front

rapture = extreme happiness

2 —as in:
awaiting the rapture

Definition

belief of some Christian denominations in the foretold time of the second coming of Jesus when believers are expected to go to Heaven

The film depicted the Rapture beginning with the sound of Gabriel's horn.
Charles Dickens

rapture = belief of some Christian denominations in the foretold time of the second coming of Jesus when believers are expected to go to Heaven

Other Uses (with this meaning)

rapture = belief of some Christian denominations in the foretold time of the second coming of Jesus when believers are expected to go to Heaven

Most Christians don't think much about rapture, but some debate its chronological relationship to tribulation.

rapture = belief of some Christian denominations in the foretold time of the second coming of Jesus when believers are expected to go to Heaven

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