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enraptured

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verb

past tense of enrapture

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Recent Examples of enraptured
Verb
Daniel Day-Lewis plays Newland Archer, an attorney engaged to ingenue de la saison May Welland (Winona Ryder) but enraptured by outspoken Countess Ellen Olenska (Michelle Pfeiffer). Elle Carroll, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enraptured
Adjective
  • The prose is ecstatic and freaky and muscular.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
  • If this game was a sign of things to come, Green Bay fans should be ecstatic.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • First, exploratory roundtables with UK directors across sectors, identifying how executives thought about GenAI—what excited them, what worried them.
    London Business School, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Some users are excited by the new focus on active members, while others are frustrated with the move.
    James Peckham, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Two dachshund siblings have delighted viewers on Instagram after a video of them cuddling together on their shared daybed went viral, drawing more than 134,000 likes and a flood of emotional responses from viewers.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • It’s left supporters on Capitol Hill delighted, frustrated, or wondering what’s next.
    Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Today's talkers Travis Kelce is giddy.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The result is a sturdy uptrend, full valuations, hopeful but not overly giddy investor sentiment and solid credit conditions.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • White’s anthology series has entranced viewers since its premiere in 2021.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Six-year-old Beney, and her mum, were entranced.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Lincoln coaches were anything but pleased with all the critical calls which seemed to go Mission Viejo’s way.
    Kevin J. Farmer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Archie is carried out to the car in his bed, pleased with his decision.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Napa County Sheriff’s Office released the names Tuesday, hours after Napa County prosecutors charged Norberto (Beto) Celerino, 53, with six counts each of murder and gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.
    The Press Democrat, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Brunner was previously convicted of operating while intoxicated in 2003, according to the complaint.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Molina, who is fascinated by silver screen legend Ingrid Luna (Jennifer Lopez), distracts himself and Valentín with a recounting of his favorite film of hers — The Kiss of the Spider Woman.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
  • That kind of content always fascinated me, both sides of it, actually, the victimology and the perpetrator’s perspective.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Enraptured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enraptured. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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