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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rhapsodize.

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Examples

  • D. C.'s shadow representative, Mike Panetta, rhapsodizes about the attention Chaffetz pays at town-hall meetings -- even as he calls him a 'meddler who does not let local decisions stand.'

    DeMorning DeBonis: Sept. 30, 2010 Mike DeBonis 2010

  • He still rhapsodizes about the city, saying it's been a great place to raise kids (now 14 and 18) with his wife, Adrienne George, and that the theatrical scene here is a very happy place to be.

    Ken Ludwig returns to Signature Theatre with golf farce 'A Fox in the Fairway' Nelson Pressley 2010

  • Near the end of Act I, Sarelda, the mayor's wife, sung by the dynamic mezzo Sarah Larsen, rhapsodizes at great length about the different kinds of shoes, hats and gowns that she looks forward to owning once she and her husband are ensconced in higher office.

    When Words Got in the Way Heidi Waleson 2011

  • "Her need for love is as wide as the sky," Lawrence rhapsodizes in his diary, "and as impossible for an unwinged mortal to fulfill."

    The Princess Reimagined Sam Sacks 2011

  • In the film, she rhapsodizes about topics ranging from smokers' rights to the humiliation of being seen in tourist-friendly Times Square by a fellow New Yorker.

    TV on DVD 2011

  • She rhapsodizes about bunny manure; it's the best, it's low in nitrogen so can be put right in the garden and won't burn plants.

    Garden Goddess for Hire 2010

  • The novel rhapsodizes about how his body is hard, cold, and stone-like.

    Archive 2008-12-01 2008

  • The novel rhapsodizes about how his body is hard, cold, and stone-like.

    Book/Movie Review: Twilight 2008

  • Unlike the compact fluorescent light bulb, about which the author rhapsodizes at one point, "Brilliant" isn't very efficient.

    Shining a light on the way artificial light has changed our lives Joshua Glenn 2010

  • And when going to meet the mother of the suicide victim, to offer condolesences, she is so distracted by the beauty of the flowers that she rhapsodizes about colors and petals, forgetting her subject.

    Karin Badt: Beautiful Dresses, Gang Rape and Flowers: Korean Film Poetry Premieres at Cannes 2010

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