He described the rank of bishop in mystical terms, saying it was "God-given" and not for him to surrender.

His eyes suddenly revealed a hard, focused expression when he spoke again in less mystical terms.

When Mr. MacDonald talks about his instruments it is almost in mystical terms.

Mexican officials still speak in almost mystical terms about the relationship between oil and sovereignty.

We have a great tendency to rationalize our despair in mystical and Utopian terms.

The artists in particular spoke in quasi mystical terms of communing with other minds.

Todd remembers the scene in almost mystical terms: 'I thought, oh my God, this is paradise.'

Critics and actors speak of him in mystical terms.

Rather than speak of the game in mystical terms he referred to it openly as a business.

Another issue, usually expressed in the past in mystical terms by Southerners, is today expressed as quality of life.