rapturing

present participle of rapture

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rapturing
Verb
  • Crossbody Bag Make transporting your items and safety a priority with a reliable crossbody bag.
    Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Texas lawmakers rejected both the Smithsonian's cost estimates of transporting Discovery and the museum's legal claim of ownership.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Gen Alpha’s latest viral catchphrase is baffling adults and delighting kids across the country.
    Kimberly Richardson, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The video-sharing phenomenon has captivated billions, upending old ways of doing things, generating vast revenues, and delighting people around the world.
    Merrill Fabry, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In short, queso brings the heat and texture, while cheese dip focuses on velvety, crowd-pleasing comfort.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Frehley’s contributions to the record were reduced, including his crowd-pleasing signature solos, and Kiss began its tour to support the disc with Vinnie Vincent replacing Frehley.
    Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Closing out the first decade of sound film, Son of Frankenstein has far more ropey dialogue than entrancing atmosphere or a memorable arc for the Monster.
    Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
  • But sometimes salt is a problem, as evidenced in a strangely entrancing photography exhibit at Berkeley’s David Brower Center.
    Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Among them were countless era-defining releases that are still among the best movies ever made—of any genre—from the haunting Rebecca to the gripping Rear Window, and the ravishing Vertigo to the hair-raising Psycho.
    Radhika Seth, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2025
  • But each night, Hero’s stories before bedtime prove so entrancing that Manfred fails to go through with any seducing, let alone ravishing.
    Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Military rescue teams fanned out across the region, the defence ministry said in a statement, with 40 flights carrying away 420 wounded and dead.
    Mohammad Yunus Yawar, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Drool was evaporating off them, carrying away heat.
    Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Collaborators encouraged her to also ditch the jazz singing and try rapping and pop vocals.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Historically, that intergenerational conversation has come through producers sampling older records, or George Clinton rapping Rakim lyrics — not AI slop.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Then the picture begins to blur before coming back into clear focus to reveal Novak, still enchanting at 92, standing in a room filled with her paintings.
    Jeremy Helligar, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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“Rapturing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapturing. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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