All 6 Uses of
rapture
in
Gone with the Wind
- "Yes!" whispered Charles, in a rapture that she had neither laughed, screamed nor fainted, as he had always imagined young girls did under such circumstances.†
Chpt 1.6
- With rapture, Scarlett took two running steps forward but was checked when Will's hand closed upon her skirt.†
Chpt 3.30
- But, stronger than shame, was the memory of rapture, of the ecstasy of surrender.†
Chpt 5.54 *
- Out of the welter of rapture and anger and heartbreak and hurt pride that he had left, depression emerged to sit upon her shoulder like a carrion crow.†
Chpt 5.56
- So a child was coming from those moments of high rapture—even if the memory of the rapture was dimmed by what followed.†
Chpt 5.56
- So a child was coming from those moments of high rapture—even if the memory of the rapture was dimmed by what followed.†
Chpt 5.56
Definition:
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(rapture as in: listened with rapture) intense desired emotion -- usually extreme happiness