sublimity
noun
the state or quality of being sublime.
sublimities
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pluralof sublimity.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It's a buddy movie shot in soft light that aspires to comfort an older generation while informing the young that life's messiness and sublimities don't end at 40.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2018
It is a testament to Forman’s fascination with the foibles and sublimities of the human spirit, and how cunning and tenderness, along with enduring passion, play out against our cruelties and better angels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2018
“Likeness” encompasses such sublimities as Donatello’s painted terra-cotta bust of an Italian aristocrat, which shines with aloof sensitivity, and Rodin’s breathtaking translucent “Mask of Hanako II Type E,” which seems the soul incarnate.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2018
“Mel Allen’s life was one long, extended, exhaustive, triumphant prayer,” he said, “a call to us to see the sublimities of the stolen sign or the first seasonal shifts of the wind.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2010
In the passage whose sublimities awoke the enthusiasm of Macaulay, and delivered him from insufferable boredom, Paul claims to have reached the limits of finality, and he hurls defiance at all the forces of futurity.
From A Handful of Stars Texts That Have Moved Great Minds by Frank Boreham
