Sentence examples for a rapture from inspiring English sources

"There is a rapture on the lonely shore".

Despite sporadic lip-service to its eschatological theme, this was never really a Rapture novel.

The first half of "Stoker" passes in a rapture of dread, as the viewer anticipates terrible things to come.

"Zidane, that day, offered us a rapture," he said, flicking cigarette ashes onto the floor of his Paris studio office.

"We're still watching and waiting for Christ's return," Mr. Daniels said, adding, "It's a beautiful night for a rapture".

On his site, www.raptureready.com, Todd Strandberg monitors current events to compile a Rapture Index confirming the imminence of the end.

A Rapture-like phenomenon has led to the simultaneous disappearance of millions of souls.

Adaptation of Tom Perrotta's novel about life in a small town after many of its residents vanished in a Rapture-like event.

As in its source — a novel by Tom Perrotta — the show's premise is that an unexplained event has taken place: a Rapture-like disappearance.

We see the disaster through the eyes of an orphaned teenage boy named Cole, who is taken into the home of a Rapture-reveling pastor.

Was this part of what interested you about a Rapture-like idea — that it was a more extreme version of a familiar scenario?