angelic

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Recent Examples of angelic Nearby, Lili Reinhart opted for an edgy suit set, while fashion guru Liv Perez looked angelic in an all-white, tweed number. Eliseé Browchuk, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2024 Additionally, angelic transparency in dresses creates an ethereal quality, often juxtaposed with oversized trousers for a modern twist on proportions. Rhonda Richford, WWD, 2 Oct. 2024 Twigs’ vocals are as hauntingly angelic as ever, evoking a siren’s call in her pursuit of connection beyond this earthly plane. Billboard Staff, Billboard, 13 Sep. 2024 But Buckley, a virtuoso rock performer, possessed a soaring vocal range, supple across multiple octaves and able to achieve euphoric liftoff without the aid of angelic overdubs. Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for angelic 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for angelic
Adjective
  • But Close gives her character a reassuring stillness and a beatific smile, which generally serve as a calming influence on Sophia.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
  • This should be said with a beatific bridal smile — the sincerity of which Miss Manners hopes your guests will be questioning for the rest of their rude and impertinent lives.
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Baies is a blissful mix of black currant leaves and fresh roses.
    Megan Wahn, Architectural Digest, 18 Oct. 2024
  • And even more blissful that my teacher hadn’t been able to tell that my thoughts were drifting.
    Prasad Ramamurthy, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • While there are countless superhero stories flooding the TV landscape, Emma Moran's Extraordinary soars with its down-to-earth, Boys-esque twist, where being a hero isn't all it's cracked up to be and unworldly abilities aren't just devices for destruction.
    Alex Galbraith, EW.com, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Buruma, who excels at setting a rather unworldly man in the public life of his time, describes how, in 1672, a mob in The Hague lynched Johan and Cornelis de Witt, brothers who had led the Netherlands’ liberal regime during what is now remembered as the Dutch Golden Age.
    Adam Kirsch, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
Adjective
  • At their worst, the postwar social problem films were tendentious, preachy, and puffed up with their own virtuous motives.
    Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2024
  • More spending would create a virtuous cycle that benefits also stocks, Wang said.
    Russell Flannery, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • And Anderson, who won his first and only Emmy for his role as Costco-loving Christine, is absolutely transcendent.
    Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
  • An opera singer dropping into resonance with her fellow singers, the audience, the moment, and delivering a transcendent performance.
    Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The dismissiveness with which liberals treated these concerns was part of something else: dismissiveness toward the moral objections many Americans have to various progressive causes.
    Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Why Words Matter Many young voters believe our nation is at a critical inflection point with respect to its own cultural, political, and moral identity.
    Earl Carr, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • While few of us will be able to experience the transcendental taste of the Hibiki 40-year-old, one universal aspect of it is the artistry of the presentation.
    Mark Littler, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Finding that new way of working between music and film, or of film interacting with music can, when it’s done really, really well, almost be transcendental.
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • This celestial synergy brings profound insights for a stronger connection to your inner self, Sagittarius.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Upcoming celestial events The Northern Taurids are set to peak about a week later on November 11 and 12, and sky-gazers could see an increase in meteors blazing across the sky when both showers are active.
    Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024

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“Angelic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angelic. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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