From the Cambridge English Corpus I am always delighted to find that my words are followed with such close and rapt attention. These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'rapt.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. A performer seeks the attention and approval of his or her audience, who can pay rapt attention, catcall and boo, or, worst of all, simply remain indifferent. 2021 Meanwhile, Sanghui, a transfer student who knew Hae-on only from afar, acts as a stand-in for the rapt audience. 2021 Visitors were rapt in this section and in the one on the rise of al-Qaeda and bin Laden.īrian T. People rarely remember facts, but a word picture painted by your story appealing to multiple senses has a much greater chance of being burnt into the memory. What you pay attention to, and what you allow to fester in and occupy your mind, can make the difference between an anxious, neurotic existence and deliberate, effective one. Answer (1 of 10): Stanley, a well placed story becomes the memory hook by which your audience remembers your key point. The above quotes encompass the thesis of this book. 2021 But nothing received more rapt attention than Keys, a Mercedes-Benz ambassador.Įssence, 9 Nov. Rapt: How Attention Distills and Refines Experience. Paying rapt attention whether to a trout stream or a novel, a do it yourself project or a prayer, increases your capacity for concentration, expands your inner boundaries and lifts your spirits, but more important simply makes you feel that life is worth living. 2021 And viewers who've never experienced anything like it were rapt. 2021 In the overflow room across from the courtroom, Arbery’s aunt, Thea Brooks, watched the proceedings with rapt attention. 2021 Game 7 loss, Stevens, Grousbeck, Pagliuca, and vice president of player development Allison Feaster met with Udoka for several hours at Pagliuca’s Manhattan offices, and Boston’s brass was rapt.Īdam Himmelsbach,, 18 Dec. The phrasal verb wrapped up means to be involved or obsessed with someone or something. Wrapped is the past tense of the verb wrap, which means to cover, enclose, or bundle.
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Randy Dotinga, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Sep. The adjective rapt means receiving (someone's) full attention, being wholly absorbed (in something), or being carried away (with emotion). 2021 Until movies and television, nothing kept Americans more rapt than when the circus came to town. Recent Examples on the Web His rapt attention to detail brings to mind such chroniclers as Alexis de Tocqueville and Frances Trollope.