AGAPE in a Sentence

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For AGAPE, below is one of 3 sentences:
As I stood agape, I saw a little red spark go drifting across a gap of starlight between the branches, and vanish.

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 Meanings and Examples of AGAPE
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agape
 n.  a religious meal shared as a sign of love and fellowship; selfless love of one person for another without sexual implications
Classic Sentence:
1  Now, for some space the revellers stood agape, unable to understand all that had been done in such haste.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles
2  As I stood agape, I saw a little red spark go drifting across a gap of starlight between the branches, and vanish.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In IX
3  His mouth was agape in yokel fashion.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
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