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as in ecstatic
experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
a rock band that still attracts rapt crowds of aging baby boomers
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as in immersed
having the mind fixed on something
with a mixture of delight and awe, the rapt children stared at the chick in the incubator breaking out of its shell
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The crowd was rapt, not even looking at their phones.
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Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
His speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination opened with a dramatic, if calmly delivered, account of being grazed by a bullet that clipped his right ear, telling rapt delegates that the difference between life and death was a quarter inch.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2024
Watching with rapt attention are several small children, all of whom appear no more than 10 years old.
—Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2024
Instead, these artists have used their subjective accolades for their art (especially when the art itself is political) and for social activism at the very moment the world is rapt.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 9 Jan. 2024
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Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
His speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination opened with a dramatic, if calmly delivered, account of being grazed by a bullet that clipped his right ear, telling rapt delegates that the difference between life and death was a quarter inch.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2024
Watching with rapt attention are several small children, all of whom appear no more than 10 years old.
—Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2024
Instead, these artists have used their subjective accolades for their art (especially when the art itself is political) and for social activism at the very moment the world is rapt.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 9 Jan. 2024
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“Rapt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapt. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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