enrapture
verb (used with object)
to move to rapture; delight beyond measure.
was enrapturing
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past progressiveof enrapture.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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By the 1930s, US oceanographer and zoologist William Beebe was enrapturing the world with radio commentary delivered from a research submarine, the ‘bathysphere’, hundreds of metres down in Bermuda waters.
From Nature ● Dec. 18, 2018
Also, while the novel’s Cecilia and Robbie displayed a proper, early 20th century British attraction, the chemistry between Keira Knightly and James McAvoy was enrapturing.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2014
The view of this combat was enrapturing to me; the face of my nun, now lighted by a passionate determination to kill that wasp, was a delight to my eyes.
From The House of Martha by Frank Richard Stockton
