wrapt
Americanverb
Example Sentences
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Wrapt in the thought of immortality, Wrapt in the single, the triumphant thought!
From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Young, Edward
Wrapt in his odorous and many-colored robe, he took staff in hand and moved pretty vigorously to the head of the staircase.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 by Various
The big-limb'd babe in his huge cradle lay, Too weighty to be rock'd by nurse's hands, Wrapt in purple swaddling bands; When, lo! by jealous Juno's fierce commands, Two dreadful serpents come.
Wrapt up in the passion for fame, he was insensible to the inferior desires which usually rouse or mislead mankind.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 by Various
Wrapt, absorbed, with yearning eyes and shining faces, rising, stooping, grovelling with their foreheads upon their praying carpets.
From A Desert Drama Being The Tragedy Of The "Korosko" by Paget, Sidney
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