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as in ecstatic
experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
a rock band that still attracts rapt crowds of aging baby boomers
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as in immersed
having the mind fixed on something
with a mixture of delight and awe, the rapt children stared at the chick in the incubator breaking out of its shell
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Recent Examples of rapt
The crowd was rapt, not even looking at their phones.
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Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
His speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination opened with a dramatic, if calmly delivered, account of being grazed by a bullet that clipped his right ear, telling rapt delegates that the difference between life and death was a quarter inch.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2024
Watching with rapt attention are several small children, all of whom appear no more than 10 years old.
—Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2024
Instead, these artists have used their subjective accolades for their art (especially when the art itself is political) and for social activism at the very moment the world is rapt.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 9 Jan. 2024
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Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
His speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination opened with a dramatic, if calmly delivered, account of being grazed by a bullet that clipped his right ear, telling rapt delegates that the difference between life and death was a quarter inch.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2024
Watching with rapt attention are several small children, all of whom appear no more than 10 years old.
—Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2024
Instead, these artists have used their subjective accolades for their art (especially when the art itself is political) and for social activism at the very moment the world is rapt.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 9 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rapt
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In 2007, when the wreck was found, the group was ecstatic.Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Just two days after the video of his costume went viral, Erin showed off her son's ecstatic reaction to receiving the tickets in yet another TikTok.Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 3 Nov. 2024
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Illinois Speaker of the House Chris Welch is downright giddy about state Democrats' chances to increase their supermajority.Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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So far that's what's happening in Wyoming, Ohio, a fact that left police clerk Jessica Eastham sounding nearly giddy Friday morning.Amber Hunt, The Enquirer, 28 Oct. 2024
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Because of this, absorbed sunlight isn’t reradiated in every direction equally but in some directions more than others.Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2024
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Chemical sunscreen, also called absorbed sunscreen, works by absorbing the UV rays, converting them to heat and releasing them from the body.Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 7 July 2024
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These people, and many other Americans, weren’t interested in the politics of joy that Kamala Harris and the other law school grads were offering.David Brooks, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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For a moment, the film seems interested in the ambiguity of that tension.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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“Rapt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapt. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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