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- verb Present participle of
enrapture .
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Examples
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These actors who – along with their enrapturing co-stars, Patricia Neal, Taylor, the luminous Ingrid Bergman, whose face I wanted to reach through the screen to touch – inspired a hunger for Hollywood biographies and autobiographies that continues to this, incalculably more dreich and dreary day.
Lucy Mangan: RIP Golden Age of Hollywood Lucy Mangan 2010
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The talk was genuinely enrapturing, what with grousing over ERAs and track records and postseason vulnerabilities.
Talking Sports Beats Watching It Jeff Pearlman 2011
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On the one hand, his Doug presents an enrapturing mix of grizzly bear and puppy dog, a shell of a man struggling with unspeakable loss and fighting to find a reason to rise each morning.
Sundance Review: Kristen Stewart’s ‘Welcome To The Rileys’ » MTV Movies Blog 2010
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Sarah Palin is their fairy godmother, enrapturing them with fairy tales and legends, dressed in pretty gowns and fancy slippers.
Think Progress » Cincinnati Tea Party: Fox Isn’t Telling The Truth About The Hannity Broadcast 2010
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Slow and relatively plotless, they clog the screens at festivals around the world, enrapturing critics without really connecting with actual movie-goers.
Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Certified Copy Marshall Fine 2011
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… I hated her — has a sweet young heroine received such startling and enrapturing news.
What Girls Want 2008
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Other numbers -- though lovely and enrapturing -- were often more lyrical.
Jennifer Schneider: The Little Dance Company That Could Jennifer Schneider 2010
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… I hated her — has a sweet young heroine received such startling and enrapturing news.
What Girls Want 2008
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Claustrophobic darkness enrapturing meDivision of sanctity
Confession floreta 2009
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I love the line "Claustrophobic darkness enrapturing me..."
Confession floreta 2009
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