enrapt

Example Sentences

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And in the era of streaming and relentlessly loud superhero blockbusters, “Drive My Car” served as an oasis in 2021 and 2022: a hushed, contemplative film that meditates on Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya,” the purr of a Saab 900 Turbo and the tumult of film auteur John Cassavetes, all while keeping its audience enrapt for its entire three-hour duration.

From Washington Post

“Every awarded filmmaker and artist in every category will still have the celebratory ‘Oscar moment’ they deserve on the stage of the Dolby, facing an enrapt audience.”

From Los Angeles Times

Every awarded filmmaker and artist in every category will still have the celebratory ‘Oscar moment’ they deserve on the stage of the Dolby, facing an enrapt audience.

From Los Angeles Times

And then there's Sly and the Family Stone, performing their counterculture masterwork "Everyday People" with the kind of gusto that can only be achieved in front of a sea of enrapt concertgoers.

From Salon

In New York, we took a detour to Niagara Falls and stood enrapt, watching slivers of rainbows glimmer in the frothy abyss as the falls crashed violently onto the rocks — all of us, for once, speechless.

From New York Times