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How to use rapt in a sentence

15 example sentences · adjective, verb, noun

Rapt means snatched, taken away; abducted. Example: “The children watched in rapt attention as the magician produced object after object from his hat.”

Examples of rapt by meaning

adjectiveVery interested, involved in something, absorbed, transfixed; fascinated or engrossed.

  • The children watched in rapt attention as the magician produced object after object from his hat.
  • Rapt, transported, trembling, he was possessed in all his senses by this new divine thing that caught up his helpless soul and swung and dandled it, a powerless but happy infant in a strong sustaining grasp.1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC
  • Close to flawless, and his audience — which he cannot see or hear — seems rapt.2019 April 10, qntm, “CASE HATE RED”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 137

adjectiveEnthusiastic; ecstatic, elated, happy.

  • He was rapt with his exam results.
  • Creatures who navigate long-distance migrations — including the green turtles, wind birds, or great cranes — draw his most rapt commentaries.1996, James Richard Giles, Wanda H. Giles, American Novelists Since World War II: Fifth Series, page 139
  • He was rapt to have the Sudanese, and if 1600 more were coming – that was the rumour – well, he′d have been even more rapt.2010, Caroline Overington, I Came to Say Goodbye, page 201

More sentences with rapt

  • She balanced along the wire while the crowd watched in rapt attention.From the entry balance
  • They listened to him in rapt silence, drinking in his every word.From the entry drink in
  • My mum follows each scrape of the pen with rapt anticipation.2016, Danny Scheinmann, The Half Life of Joshua Jones, London: Unbound, →ISBN, page 262. From the entry scrape
  • In the Power Strap Inc. booth, a demonstration of bundle underwrapping and overwrapping draws rapt attention.1991, Presstime - Volume 13, page 24. From the entry underwrapping
  • "Diane Keaton, Mary Steenburgen and I are rapt.2017 August 22, Christie D'Zurilla, “Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen, Jane Fonda and Mary Steenburgen get shady during the eclipse”, in Los…. From the entry bust on
  • Tom is in rapt communion with his police car, lying on his stomach, pushing it round and round, making nee-naw noises.2007, Penelope Lively, Consequences. From the entry nee-naw
  • Dorsky's candid camera also catches people rapt in thought.2000 October 7, Stephen Holden, “Film Festival Review: Sparks of Lyrical Meditation Fly From the Cutting Edge”, in New York Times…. From the entry candid camera
  • Act we must; for we cannot sit rapt in educational omphaloscepsis while youngsters grow up and become the fathers and mothers of the next generation.1948, John Frederick Wolfenden, The Public Schools To-day: A Study in Boarding School Education, University of London Press, page 108. From the entry omphaloskepsis
  • Reading his posts as posted, sitting in my NOBE studio, railing Benadryls, getting progressively less attractive to ex bae due to domestic overexposure, I was rapt.2022, Sean Thor Conroe, Fuccboi, Hachette, →ISBN. From the entry Benadryl

Meaning of rapt

  1. adjective Snatched, taken away; abducted.
  2. adjective Lifted up into the air; transported into heaven.
  3. adjective Very interested, involved in something, absorbed, transfixed; fascinated or engrossed.

Full definition of rapt

Questions about rapt in a sentence

How do you use rapt in a sentence?
Rapt is used as an adjective, verb and noun. For example: “The children watched in rapt attention as the magician produced object after object from his hat.”
What is a short sentence with rapt?
“He was rapt with his exam results.”
What does rapt mean?
Rapt means snatched, taken away; abducted.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rapt (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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