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- adverb in a
rapt manner
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Examples
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Kit watched the scene below as raptly as some women watched soap operas.
Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011
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Kit watched the scene below as raptly as some women watched soap operas.
Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011
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These words were relayed, amplified and raptly absorbed by the hundreds packed near the stage.
Pamela Mays McDonald: This Revolution WILL Be Televised Pamela Mays McDonald 2011
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These words were relayed, amplified and raptly absorbed by the hundreds packed near the stage.
Pamela Mays McDonald: This Revolution WILL Be Televised Pamela Mays McDonald 2011
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How many times have we waited in front of a secretary -- clicking away while staring raptly at the screen as if we weren't even there -- to come to realize that instead of filling out forms or transcribing letters, she's stacking cards one atop another on a deep green digital table.
Yoani Sanchez: Earning At Most $20 A Month, Cuban Office Workers Spend Their Days Playing Solitaire Yoani Sanchez 2011
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These words were relayed, amplified and raptly absorbed by the hundreds packed near the stage.
Pamela Mays McDonald: This Revolution WILL Be Televised Pamela Mays McDonald 2011
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Depictions of the Classic-era Maya court often show kings gazing raptly into mirrors, usually made from a mosaic of iron pyrite pasted onto wood, slate or other material.
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I did not know they had time to call the switchboard while they were raptly listening to Newt, Rush, Palin, Cheney, or perhaps themselves.
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He made his way, carefully, to the dance stage and gazed up raptly at Evangelina.
Starcraft II: Devils’ Due Christie Golden 2011
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These words were relayed, amplified and raptly absorbed by the hundreds packed near the stage.
Pamela Mays McDonald: This Revolution WILL Be Televised Pamela Mays McDonald 2011
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