enrapt

[en-rapt]

adjective

1. rapt; rap; rapt; transported; enraptured.

   a violinist's enrapt audience.

Word History and Origins

Origin of enrapt¹

First recorded in 1600–10; en- ¹ + rapt

Example Sentences

At the last climate summit, in Glasgow last year, there were powerful speeches from people like Barbadian PM Mia Mottley, who told an enrapt audience that temperature rises of "two degrees is a death sentence" for island nations.

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And in the era of streaming and relentlessly loud superhero blockbusters, “Drive My Car” served as an oasis in 2021 and 2022: a hushed, contemplative film that meditates on Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya,” the purr of a Saab 900 Turbo and the tumult of film auteur John Cassavetes, all while keeping its audience enrapt for its entire three-hour duration.

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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.

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“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.”

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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.

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