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Example sentences for "rapt"

Lexicographically close words:
rapports; rapprochement; raps; rapscallion; rapscallions; raptly; raptores; raptorial; rapture; raptured
  1. They followed me with rapt attention, and again and again would have me play.

  2. They talked a little longer of things Keineth could not understand, though she listened with rapt attention while her father spoke of the Emperor of Japan and the Czar of Russia as though they were just ordinary men!

  3. To this her eyes were raised in rapt contentment.

  4. Only we five amongst men beheld the high-souled Drona rapt in Yoga proceed to the highest region of blessedness.

  5. After he had thus sat with rapt mind at that hour called Brahma of auspicious indications, Arjuna saw himself journeying through the sky with Kesava.

  6. At any rate, Philip could see that she was rapt away into that other world of the past, to a practical unconsciousness of her immediate surroundings.

  7. But the eyes of the girl rested upon his face with a rapt expression.

  8. One would not dare to say that there was a sentimental feeling for the pale face and rapt expression of the devotee.

  9. Indeed, an artist would not have painted her as a rapt angelic visitant to this abode of poverty.

  10. It is serious, it is grand," murmured Mrs. Rooth, who had taken up a rapt attitude before the portrait of her daughter.

  11. As she thus stood rapt in thought, the noise of approaching voices apprised her that Antiphates, leaning on the arm of Domenichino, drew near.

  12. One day as she thus sat, rapt and musing, a gentle voice addressed her; turning half alarmed, she beheld the sweetest face her eyes had ever dwelt upon.

  13. A new and different light was now upon the rapt faces of the men--and the end of it all was that they turned the diamond-ringed gentlemen from their doors.

  14. Hail to thee, Humming Bird Beauteous and bright, That flitt'st like a spirit Before my rapt sight!

  15. They, arm in arm, and rapt in love, would rove.

  16. Not even Justin had hung on each word with the rapt interest this boy showed.

  17. No sooner was he seated before the easel in the loft which served as a studio, with its barn-like, double doors thrown open above the water, than the rapt expression which his father coveted, crept into his dark eyes.

  18. Dale slowly, as he stood rapt in a reverie of wonder and admiration at the scene before him.

  19. While Terry was rapt in the delightful contemplation of this curious scene, all at once he saw that there was something of uncommon interest going on amongst the crowd.

  20. The primeval change, when the beautiful new world emerged from chaos, was not more glorious than was the aspect now presented to the rapt beholder.

  21. Even McNamara, the Governor, was breathless with interest in his chair; Forest had the rapt look of a scientist in some engrossing experiment.

  22. Just one minute, Bee," he went on, wholly rapt in his own, devouring desires.

  23. That all-pervading and all-conquering sentiment was the admiration of ideal virtues and beauties which her rapt and excited soul saw in her adored lover; such as Dante saw in his departed Beatrice.

  24. Now it was eager, rapt "Oh, I understand, now!

  25. He was still rapt with the exhilaration her smile had kindled, he still held her little perfumed heart.

  26. Seated upon a cracker box in front of its open doors, this afternoon, a boy of eight years sat reading with rapt excitement the story of Gulliver's Travels.

  27. He is quiet, out of the world, with the rapt foretaste of heaven in his soul.

  28. Rapt there alone In the transport of talking so In such a place, there was nothing to let them know What hours had flown.

  29. Soon the crowd, who listened with rapt attention, was in the melting mood.

  30. Men with money who had flocked to the camp from every direction listened in rapt attention.

  31. He often passed two days without eating, and was so rapt in God that he forgot his food, so that it was necessary for his disciple Abraham to remind him that it was time to break his fast.

  32. Do thou listen to it with rapt attention!

  33. It is by penances that persons crowned with ascetic success behold the three worlds, with rapt souls.

  34. Go on reciting with restrained soul and rapt attention.

  35. Yudhishthira the just who addressed him in that strain the divine Krishna said not a word, for he was then rapt in meditation.

  36. Immersed in yoga, he would abandon all things, rapt in meditation.

  37. Then that Supreme God of all the gods, having yoga for his soul and yoga for his companion, became rapt in yoga, O chief of the Bharatas, and began to utter tremendous roars, agitating those Daityas and Danavas.

  38. Hearing these words of theirs, the jackal replied unto them, with rapt attention, in these sweet words fraught with reason and inculcating harmlessness to all: 'My birth has been low.

  39. Firm in the observance of his vows, the righteous-souled Rishi continued to hold and protect those eggs by standing on that very spot perfectly motionless and rapt in Yoga meditation.

  40. All the acts of that person become always crowned with success who listens or recites with rapt attention to the whole of this hymn.


  41. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rapt" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    absent; absorbed; abstracted; arrested; assiduous; bemused; caught; charmed; constant; continuing; deep; diligent; dogged; dreaming; dreamy; ecstatic; elated; elsewhere; enchanted; enduring; engaged; engrossed; enraptured; enthralled; entranced; exalted; exultant; faithful; faraway; fascinated; fervent; fixed; flushed; gripped; held; high; hypnotized; immersed; immutable; inalterable; indefatigable; indomitable; industrious; insensible; insistent; intent; introspective; invincible; jubilant; lasting; lost; loyal; meditative; mesmerized; mooning; musing; napping; nodding; oblivious; obstinate; occupied; overjoyed; patient; pensive; permanent; persevering; persistent; pertinacious; plodding; plugging; possessed; preoccupied; rapt; rapturous; ravished; relentless; resolute; rhapsodic; rhapsodical; sedulous; sleepless; spellbound; stable; steadfast; steady; stubborn; tenacious; thoughtful; tireless; transported; unconquerable; unconscious; undaunted; unfailing; unfaltering; unflagging; unflinching; uninterrupted; unrelenting; unremitting; unswerving; untiring; unwavering; unwearied; wrapped