enraptured

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Enraptured by it, he decides to track down Maxwell — a fairly well-known physicist in hiding — and deliver the lost book of Adana Moreau in person.

From Washington Post • Feb. 2, 2020

Enraptured by his uncle’s polka band, which played at a local Italian-American club, he was urged by his father to learn the accordion, but he preferred the snare drum.

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2016

Enraptured watchers—which is to say, anyone who likes the game of basketball, and maybe even some who don’t—are beginning to wonder if they’ll lose a game before Christmas, or, heck, Easter.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 9, 2015

Enraptured club punters who cry "you're beautiful" are likely to go even weaker at the knees now the fragrances of French on songs such as Mon Amour are added to Kent's trademark intimacy.

From The Guardian • Jun. 17, 2010

Early he turned from his fiddle To write popular songs And tunes so whistly and catchy That the music of a child Enraptured the nation.

From The Broadway Anthology by Bernays, Edward L.