enraptured

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Amanda is enraptured with its aspirational luxury: “The house had that hush expensive houses do. Silence meant the house was plumb, solid, its organs working in happy harmony.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

“I feel a level of satisfaction, a completeness as a human being, when I’m being surprised and enraptured with somebody else’s vision of the world,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

Think of an athlete in the middle of a game, or a musician enraptured by a melody or the rare magic of getting lost in a project or conversation and realizing an hour has evaporated.

From Salon • Nov. 18, 2025

Back in December 2012 England shocked the rugby world, thrashing a great New Zealand team against the odds in front of an enraptured Twickenham.

From BBC • May 29, 2025

Did she figure they would be enraptured by her performance?

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals