rhapsody

[US]/'ræpsədɪ/
[UK]/'ræpsədi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. An imaginative and emotional musical or literary work, such as a rhapsody.

Phrases & Collocations

musical rhapsody

bohemian rhapsody

Example Sentences

He played a rhapsody on the piano.

The musician's rhapsody moved the audience to tears.

She danced with rhapsody and grace.

The artist painted a rhapsody of colors on the canvas.

Listening to the symphony was a rhapsody for the soul.

Her writing was a rhapsody of emotions and imagery.

The sunset painted the sky in a rhapsody of colors.

The poet's words flowed like a rhapsody of beauty.

The film captured the city's rhapsody of life.

The novel was a rhapsody of love and longing.

Real-world Examples

To pour out this in undulating rivulets of rhapsody is apparently the only motive of its ascension.

Source: American Original Language Arts Volume 5

Just behind " Bohemian Rhapsody" is Nirvana's 1991 hit " Smells Like Teen Spirit, " with 1.5 billion streams.

Source: VOA Slow English - Entertainment

His powerful baritone provided operatic grandeur to hits like We Are the Champions, Somebody to Love, and the epic Bohemian Rhapsody.

Source: People Magazine

It was a tiresome rhapsody by Lizst, well played, but only to a certain place.

Source: Resurrection

" Oh! " —a sheer cry, a rhapsody. " Gloria" ?

Source: Beauty and Destruction (Part 1)

November brought the release of the film Bohemian Rhapsody.

Source: VOA Special December 2018 Collection

He had received courage from the rhapsody.

Source: Pan Pan

The rhapsody welled up within me, like blood from an inward wound, and gushed out.

Source: Great Expectations (Original Version)

The rhapsody again ceased, and with a noisy flourish again repeated itself.

Source: Resurrection

And then suddenly there's a break in the poem, and there's a kind of lyrical rhapsody.

Source: Fresh air

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