Sample sentences for ENRAPTURED

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Definition

to fill with rapture (overwhelming bliss); or to completely fascinate

He is enraptured in her presence.

The music uplifted and enraptured me.
Not only did I fall in love with formal tournament competition, but I was enraptured with so many other facets of the game; the different courses, the people, the history and traditions.
Ben Crenshaw
With the enthusiasm of a young artist she drew from the keys strains that seemed marvelously beautiful to Mam'selle Pauline, who stood enraptured near her.
Kate Chopin -- The Awakening
Oh, I shall enrapture Jack sometimes!
George Bernard Shaw -- Man And Superman
This was not a task with which I was enraptured, but as I went about the Barrens I had kept a casual eye open for scats.
Farley Mowat -- Never Cry Wolf
We told our story to enraptured groups and struck a chord.
Luis J. Rodriguez -- Always Running
If he went on the march, Sabina would gaze down on him enraptured; she would understand that he had remained faithful to her.
Milan Kundera -- The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Mistress Mary felt solemnly enraptured.
Frances Hodgson Burnett -- The Secret Garden
Mescal was enraptured at the scene.
Zane Grey -- The Heritage of the Desert
Juliet was sprawled on the cot, enraptured by a concrete wall.
Eoin Colfer -- Artemis Fowl
Although we were both enraptured, neither Bailey nor I was unaware of her nervousness.
Maya Angelou -- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
The young girl raised sweet, enraptured eyes to him from time to time, and their hair mingled in a ray of spring sunshine.
Victor Hugo -- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Pitt Crawley was amazed and enraptured with her speech.
William Makepeace Thackeray -- Vanity Fair
Adel listened, fascinated, enraptured.
Khaled Hosseini -- And The Mountains Echoed
"Good," he said; and M. Bertuccio left enraptured, so great, so powerful, and real was the influence exercised by this man over all who surrounded him.
Alexandre Dumas -- The Count of Monte Cristo
Dart, tense and enraptured, saw the tip of her tongue lick traces of taste from her lips.
Mal Peet -- Tamar
"Jus' thought she'd like ter see 'em," shrugged Hagrid, still gazing, enraptured, at the dragons.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Mr Blandois being enraptured, they walked through other garrets and passages, and came down the staircase again.
Charles Dickens -- Little Dorrit
BENEATHA listens, enraptured, her 60 eyes far away—"back to the past."
Lorraine Hansberry -- A Raisin in the Sun

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