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Meanings of rapt in English

Feeling great rapture or delight.

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Usage of rapt in English
1
She held the bundle up and looked at it in rapt contemplation.
Stubble
2
The gorgeous being entered, and found three demure ladies rapt in newspapers.
Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag, Volume 2 / Shawl-Straps
3
Zelandoni was a powerful speaker, and Ayla was listening with rapt attention.
The Shelters of Stone
4
Note, further, the soul rapt in meditation and this vision of God.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Isaiah and Jeremiah
5
They also fill the soul of the rapt beholder with adoring wonder.
Among the Forces
6
He walked along the street for a long while, rapt in thought.
The Goose Man
7
At breakfast that morning he was silent and apparently rapt in thought.
Mike and Psmith
8
Emma Smith remained standing; upon her face was a rapt triumphant expression.
The Mormon Prophet
9
Grace leaned forward, rapt, but Faith sat still, her expression carefully blank.
Faith
10
His audience of crowding Indians gazed in solemn rapt awe upon him.
The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail
11
If it is, they respond with gales of laughter or rapt attention.
The Guardian
12
The crowd stirred, looked up and paid him the most rapt attention.
Pagan Passions
13
On his right, Frau Brohl, in rustling silk, sat in rapt silence.
The Malady of the Century
14
The King moved to the edge of his chair in rapt attention.
House of Bathory
15
It was played with rapt concentration and proved to be most attractive.
The Irish Times
16
But I had a rapt audience of two in James and Dorothy.
A Soldier of Virginia: A Tale of Colonel Washington and Braddock...
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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