Verb (used with object), : We were enraptured by her singing. From Dictionary.com.
Mike German may be a nice guy, but he wouldn't be able to elicit that kind of enraptured response in a million years. From Wordnik.com. [Speaking out inappropriately] Reference
Nevertheless, the result was quite pretty, and Diana was "enraptured" when Anne read it to her. From Wordnik.com. [Anne of Avonlea] Reference
"enraptured," a concept that, naturally, puzzles a nattering TV anchor. From Wordnik.com. [The Online News Page] Reference
"Oh!" exclaimed Dorothy, too enraptured to say more. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy Dale : a girl of today] Reference
He was enraptured by Lily: how lovely she had grown!. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
This was said with an artless candor that enraptured Jimmy. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
The Major, enraptured of the vast grandeur, voiced his exaltation. From Wordnik.com. [Terry A Tale of the Hill People] Reference
For an enraptured public to muse upon over their matutinal muffin. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873] Reference
"Thank you, thank you, dear Pilade," cried the enraptured Silvestro. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
Having broken the spell, she reads the letter to the enraptured old man. From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
He became enraptured by the possibility of what awaited on the other side. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Wall of Suburbia] Reference
But the player piano haunting the upstairs kept me enraptured for quite some time. From Wordnik.com. [Risa Shoup: Converse Welcome, But Not Required] Reference
"How beautifully," cried Tom, enraptured, "can I see the play of the lower maxillary!". From Wordnik.com. [Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers] Reference
The children, gazing enraptured at the scene, were sorry that it could not last forever. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy-Alone] Reference
A few more sweet nothings, and, quite enraptured, he returned to his dull office routine. From Wordnik.com. [Through Finland in Carts] Reference
Pa was enraptured at the mere sight of Lily's little curled nostrils and her earnest look. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
Fans were enraptured as they proffered baseballs for him to autograph (in Japanese?). From Wordnik.com. [Digital Dispatches] Reference
Forbes is drawing large, curious and respectful crowds, but they do not come away enraptured. From Wordnik.com. [Lame Steers In The Corral] Reference
Wenzel, who has been quite despondent about his promised bride, is enraptured by their skill. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas] Reference
In a few minutes he had Shiloh enraptured at the wood-lore he told her, -- even Bull Run and Seven. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
There stood Molly in all the glow of her happy toil, quick-breathing, enraptured, laughing and afire. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
It was indeed a sight on which the eye might gaze enraptured, with ever changing beauties to charm it. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
Jacques, seizing the hand of Belle-bouche, which hung down, and enraptured that she did not withdraw it. From Wordnik.com. [The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764] Reference
'But first remove that mask,' said the gentleman, enraptured at the success of the first intrigue of his life. From Wordnik.com. [City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston] Reference
Castus, enraptured by the thought that he had captured this proud beauty, could scarce contain himself for joy. From Wordnik.com. [Border Ghost Stories] Reference
The tea does not matter, but I want ten thousand kisses from the woman who has entranced and enraptured my heart. From Wordnik.com. [Bandit Love] Reference
Judge Potter and his wife sat up half the night, enraptured by endless alcoholic conversation. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Wall of Suburbia] Reference
Grace was the only one who had been permitted to hear a rehearsal of it, and she was enraptured with what she heard. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School] Reference
A lady of the court was enraptured by your performance, a lady who for many years has been aware of nothing but herself. From Wordnik.com. [Clair de Lune A Play in Two Acts and Six Scenes] Reference
At first, Balzac was too enraptured to judge her accurately, but after frequenting her salon for several months, he says of her. From Wordnik.com. [Women in the Life of Balzac] Reference
The Latin American strongman, his blond wife at his side, addresses the enraptured masses from the balcony of a presidential palace. From Wordnik.com. [Don't Cry For Me, Caracas] Reference
Giovanni was enraptured; the girl's innocence was absolutely marvelous; he had never dreamed that such innocence existed upon earth. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
'A thousand thanks, my beautiful, mysterious, veiled lady! 'exclaimed the enraptured lover --' as to your being afflicted -- ha, ha!. From Wordnik.com. [City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston] Reference
"For the Queen Rose in the rosebud garden of girls," he said, with a low, sweeping bow as he presented them, which enraptured Arethusa. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
Marjorie was enraptured at the sight of the beautifully-arranged gardens, in which brightly-colored anemones took the place of flowers. From Wordnik.com. [Dick, Marjorie and Fidge A Search for the Wonderful Dodo] Reference
Ivy had calmed down — she was flinging bits of fiber into the air and watching them descend through the light, enraptured. From Wordnik.com. [My Date With Satan] Reference
And so the powerful and the powerless dance together, both enraptured by the smell of power even while those in the balcony scoff in scorn. From Wordnik.com. [Adam Galinsky: Research on Power Teaches Why Blagojevich Did What he Did (...and Why he Might Get Away With It)] Reference
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