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Meanings of rapt contemplation in English

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Usage of rapt contemplation in English
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She held the bundle up and looked at it in rapt contemplation.
Stubble
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We stood in rapt contemplation for a few moments, and then walked away.
Wilfrid Cumbermede
3
With this Judith departed, leaving Jane in rapt contemplation of her Christmas list.
Jane Allen, Right Guard
4
That pulled me out of my rapt contemplation of my scotch.
Songs of love and death: all-original tales of star-crossed love
5
Miss Francis, her toothpick suspended, stood in rapt contemplation.
Greener Than You Think
6
I nodded an acknowledgment of the remark, and she plunged into rapt contemplation of the act.
Simon the Jester
7
Robin had agreed with his suggestion after a long moment of rapt contemplation of the tower.
In the Wilderness
8
He did not speak throughout the meal, and seemed to be in a condition of rapt contemplation.
The Book of All-Power
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I was completely jolted from my own rapt contemplation of the very soft curves of Enid's back.
The Film Mystery
10
The lamb was just beginning to look up and take notice; she stooped over him in rapt contemplation.
The Wrong Woman
11
When Dan found him thus in rapt contemplation Bassett usually turned toward him a little reluctantly and absently.
A Hoosier Chronicle
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After another space of rapt contemplation of his unconscious face she went forth and drew the entrance together behind her.
The Yoke / A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Chil...
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They waited on us hand and foot, and would stand close together, ready for the slightest sign, in a rapt contemplation.
Romance
14
For long stretches at a time he permitted himself to fall into silent, rapt contemplation of this perfected bit of womanhood.
The Rose in the Ring
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Oh, it was glorious to see, in his rapt contemplation, the grandeur of the temple repeated as it were by reflection!
The True Citizen: How to Become One
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A moment and he turned to Terry again, to find that he, too, was lost in a rapt contemplation of the Hills.
Terry / A Tale of the Hill People
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