enrapture
verb
en·rap·ture
in-ˈrap-chər 
en-
enraptured; enrapturing
in-ˈrap-chə-riŋ
-ˈrap-shriŋ,
en-
: to fill with delight
Examples of enrapture in a Sentence
Her melodious voice enraptured the audience.
enraptured upon learning that he would be attending college on a full sports scholarship
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Laufey enraptured nearly 18,000 people during a headlining performance with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in August.
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2024
John Mulaney’s loosey-goosey live experiment, Everybody’s in L.A., aired for a week on Netflix in early May and had comedy nerds enraptured.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 June 2024
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Strokes and more, and been enraptured by Lizzy Goodman’s Meet Me In The Bathroom oral history and documentary.
—Thomas Smith, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Video shows a bear enraptured while scratching itself on the sign for the Teklanika Campgrounds in the east of the park.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2024
John Mulaney’s loosey-goosey live experiment, Everybody’s in L.A., aired for a week on Netflix in early May and had comedy nerds enraptured.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 June 2024
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Strokes and more, and been enraptured by Lizzy Goodman’s Meet Me In The Bathroom oral history and documentary.
—Thomas Smith, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Video shows a bear enraptured while scratching itself on the sign for the Teklanika Campgrounds in the east of the park.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
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“Enrapture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enrapture. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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enrapture
verb
en·rap·ture
in-ˈrap-chər
enraptured; enrapturing
-ˈrap-chə-riŋ
-ˈrap-shriŋ
: to fill with delight
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