wrapt
Americanverb
Example Sentences
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Slept again the aspen silence, But her loneliness was o'er; Round her heart a motherly patience Wrapt its arms for evermore; From her soul ebbed back the sorrow, Leaving smooth the golden shore.
From Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by Lowell, James Russell
Wrapt in the silence of her own meditative grief, “when she heard that, she arose quickly and came unto Him.”
From Memories of Bethany by Macduff, John R. (John Ross)
But thou, unwet thy clustering hair, Heedst not the billows raging wild, The moanings of the bitter air, Wrapt in thy purple robe, my beauteous child!
From Greek Women by Carroll, Mitchell
Wrapt in his books and studies, he went nowhere and saw no one.
From Daisy Burns (Volume 1) by Kavanagh, Julia
All things together Dread ruin must shiver, The earth and heaven They must perish even, Wrapt in the flames that shall ardently glow!
From Paul Gerhardt's Spiritual Songs Translated by John Kelly by Gerhardt, Paul
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