1
: lifted up and carried away
2
: transported with emotion : enraptured
3
: wholly absorbed : engrossed
Examples of rapt in a Sentence
The students listened with rapt attention.
The children sat rapt as the puppets danced.
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Also, anyone keenly interested in this topic is certainly encouraged to read the full study since there are lots of fascinating details that are worthy of rapt attention.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
But my screening of Train Dreams was pretty much totally rapt.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
For those who can’t afford tickets to get into the Tokyo Dome, the games will also be shown at more than 150 movie theaters around Japan, and more than 20 major sponsors have signed on to get access to all of those rapt viewers.
—Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 12 Mar. 2025
The size of the Texas affordability problem has captured the rapt attention of a wide array of entities, from architectural firms to nonprofit low-income housing developers, development consultant firms and others.
—Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
But my screening of Train Dreams was pretty much totally rapt.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
For those who can’t afford tickets to get into the Tokyo Dome, the games will also be shown at more than 150 movie theaters around Japan, and more than 20 major sponsors have signed on to get access to all of those rapt viewers.
—Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 12 Mar. 2025
The size of the Texas affordability problem has captured the rapt attention of a wide array of entities, from architectural firms to nonprofit low-income housing developers, development consultant firms and others.
—Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rapt
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“Rapt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rapt. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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rapt
adjective
: showing complete delight or interest
listened with rapt attention
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