enrapt
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of enrapt
Example Sentences
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Readers less enrapt about the details of these might find themselves skimming sections about them, or those about operating-system updates and later iMac models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
Every awarded filmmaker and artist in every category will still have the celebratory ‘Oscar moment’ they deserve on the stage of the Dolby, facing an enrapt audience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2022
And then there's Sly and the Family Stone, performing their counterculture masterwork "Everyday People" with the kind of gusto that can only be achieved in front of a sea of enrapt concertgoers.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2021
Over the next four pages, you watch enrapt as Brusatte outfits the sauropods with the features crucial to their humongousness.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 1, 2018
On visiting the army hospital at City Point, where upward of three thousand patients awaited his passing with enrapt respect, he insisted on no one being neglected.
From The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form by Henry Llewellyn Williams
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