Raptures is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Raptures meaning
plural of rapture
Using Raptures
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of rapture
- In the example corpus, raptures often appears in combinations such as: into raptures, in raptures.
Context around Raptures
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Raptures
- In this selection, "raptures" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, waving and throughout stand out and add context to how "raptures" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include fans into raptures and and in raptures waving flags. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "raptures" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with raptures
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
What followed thereafter had the temple votaries in raptures. (9 words)
Took it well and sent the away fans into raptures. (10 words)
Kushal was easily the top show and had the packed auditorium crowd in raptures. (14 words)
Arsenal would level in fortuitous circumstances as, deep into stoppage time, Trossard’s shot took a deflection off Akanji, wrong-footing Ortega and sending the Arsenal fans behind the goal into raptures. (32 words)
That was until Purkis got on the end of a cross from Nedas Maciulaitis to bullet home a header to send the small pocket of away fans into raptures. (29 words)
One of the hot topics on the day will be what Andy was thinking when he dinked that penalty over Gordon Marshall to send Somerset Park into raptures. (28 words)
Example sentences (11)
Arsenal would level in fortuitous circumstances as, deep into stoppage time, Trossard’s shot took a deflection off Akanji, wrong-footing Ortega and sending the Arsenal fans behind the goal into raptures.
That was until Purkis got on the end of a cross from Nedas Maciulaitis to bullet home a header to send the small pocket of away fans into raptures.
The crowds lining the streets were ten-deep and in raptures, waving flags and bunting and cheering.
One of the hot topics on the day will be what Andy was thinking when he dinked that penalty over Gordon Marshall to send Somerset Park into raptures.
Took it well and sent the away fans into raptures.
Wuhan Zall triumphed 1-0 over Zhejiang Greentown, thanks to a first-half penalty kick that sent the orange army into raptures.
Prince William and Kate Middleton sent Prince Harry birthday wishes via Instagram, but it was what they said that had royal fans in raptures.
Kushal was easily the top show and had the packed auditorium crowd in raptures.
Moments prior to the calamitous exit of the African Pharaohs, Senegal sent African fans into raptures by handing the continent its first victory at this World Cup.
The Scot looked to land the majority of the punches and had the Australian crowd in raptures throughout.
What followed thereafter had the temple votaries in raptures.
Common combinations with raptures
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- into raptures 6×
- in raptures 5×