How to Use enrapture in a Sentence

enrapture

verb
  • Her melodious voice enraptured the audience.
  • The art house crowd is certain to be enraptured by this gem.
    Jeff Menell, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2020
  • Rugby league fans around the globe will be enraptured for the next six weeks by the Rugby League World Cup.
    Dan Gartland, SI.com, 26 Oct. 2017
  • When Smart first read the script, she was enraptured by the depth of the writing for Deborah.
    J Wortham, New York Times, 12 May 2024
  • 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
  • But in terms of a single day that tends to enrapture football fans, Day 1 of the NFL draft is right up there.
    Brian Blomster, sacbee.com, 27 Apr. 2017
  • And to the right of the picture in the Royal box is the future king, George, leaning over the royal box, enraptured, watching the show.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 7 Dec. 2024
  • To make the most of it, plan special moments or attend events to feel enraptured by the magic of the moment!
    Kyle Thomas, People.com, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Earhart would likely have been enraptured by the ship’s space-age display.
    Rachel Hartigan Shea, National Geographic, 12 Aug. 2019
  • Alongside the chemistry of the main cast the costume design by Carlos Rosario kept many of us enraptured.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 22 Dec. 2024
  • In the third slide, a younger version of the little boy appears completely enraptured by footage of his mom.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Outside of it, the rapper drew massive crowds of fans enraptured by her star power and hoping to join in on the party.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2023
  • He was enraptured, not knowing whether the character would live or die.
    Brittany Shammas, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Long story short: we’re enraptured by the risks players have been taking.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 7 June 2024
  • In the ensuing decades, Cox grew enraptured by the niche sport of cold-water open-water swimming.
    Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, 24 Apr. 2018
  • The trip fulfilled a lifelong dream for the wife, who wandered around enraptured in the land of waltzes and delectable pastries.
    Sam Kean, wsj.com, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Every now and then my father, sprawled across the couch, would look down at my amusements on the floor as I sat entirely enraptured by the Barbie-verse.
    Airea D. Matthews, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 July 2023
  • Baboons wrestled and chased vervet monkeys, oblivious to the small band of humans in their midst who were enraptured by the splendor of it all.
    Tayari Jones, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2023
  • Instead, these records relied on their ability to bring people to the dancefloor and enrapture a crowd.
    Kyle Denis, Billboard, 8 Aug. 2022
  • However, go back and watch — from the first moment Murphy, then all of 19, stepped in front of the cameras, audiences were enraptured.
    Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Stargazers have been enraptured by its secrets for thousands of years.
    Robin George Andrews, New York Times, 8 May 2023
  • But the prize that awaits at the finish line is enrapturing, a cultural shift in our understanding of our place in the cosmos.
    Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 6 Dec. 2023
  • What would become a familiar scene soon followed: Kids sitting cross-legged in front of a TV, clutching controllers, enraptured by the game on the screen.
    Chris Kohler, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2015
  • Both open with a young and naïve immigrant daughter, enraptured by the American dream.
    Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2018
  • The world has been enraptured by their trials, triumphs and determination but now that the medals have been handed out, what now?
    Jasmine Browley, Essence, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Ted Bundy, a serial killer who confessed to murder at least 30 young women and girls, was enraptured by the novel and couldn't stop reading it.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
  • During the episode, the Queen sits with her mother watching Graham on the television, enraptured by his sermon.
    Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 8 Dec. 2017
  • This weekend in fashion had some moments that enraptured us.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 16 Jan. 2024
  • The country crooner just walked on stage and started belting out Christmas classics in front of the stunned and enraptured audience.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The idea of her as terrifying emerged from her writing, which irritated, flustered, enraptured and dazzled the literary world for half a century.
    Katie Roiphe Samantha Desz Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025

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