wrapt
Americanverb
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While inland China was wrapt in its customary slumber, the coast provinces, from Kwangtung to Chihli, effervesced in a variety of bubbles.
From Time Magazine Archive
He closed his eyes again, and listened with wrapt attention.
From A Gamble with Life by Silas K. (Silas Kitto) Hocking
But this time the earth was not wrapt in slumber or swathed in mist.
From Fickle Fortune by Elisabeth Burstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)
The box was wrapt in white writing paper, which was gummed over it.
From There is no Death by Florence Marryatt
Jeremiah, a magnificent figure, sits with elbow on knee, and head on hand, wrapt in the meditation appropriate to one called to utter lamentation and woe.
From Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. Hare
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