enrapture

Passages about Lord Byron’s anorexia and the invention of the first electric battery will enrapture a reader.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

Ceylan’s films enrapture on the big screen, where the vastness of Anatolia’s barren, majestic exteriors dwarf his downtrodden characters’ personal dramas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2024

In "Killers of the Flower Moon" stars Lily Gladstone, Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro enrapture the audience from start to finish with bone-chilling performances with real-life archival footage from Osage history as a backdrop.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2023

In Kucha-e-Kharabat, classical music traditions have been passed down for generations, dating back to the 1860s when Afghan emperor Sher Ali Khan invited Indian masters to enrapture Kabul’s royal court.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2022

And yet, even in this state, they enrapture those who behold them.

From History Of Ancient Civilization by Charles Seignobos

Filled with humor and clever puzzles, the series enraptures the audience with a journey that is both entertaining and life-affirming in its unshakeable humanity.

From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2025

Even when one knows all of its tricks, “Chef’s Table” enraptures.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 27, 2019

Julien Baker, March 9 at the Exit/In: A precociously open-hearted 21-year-old comes fully into her own, armed with only her guitar, a few looping pedals, and a voice that enraptures everyone.

From Slate ● Dec. 27, 2016

There is nothing, perhaps, that enraptures a baseball crowd like a hard-throwing pitcher.

From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2015

This is the reason why the aesthetical judgment leaves us free, and delights and enraptures us.

From Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller by Friedrich Schiller

One enraptured newspaperman watched them at work in 1866 and wrote:

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

In a 2023 interview with Steve Bannon, Trump became so enraptured talking about the musical that he wouldn’t stop, even as Bannon tried to get him to focus on crime in New York City.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

“I feel a level of satisfaction, a completeness as a human being, when I’m being surprised and enraptured with somebody else’s vision of the world,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025

To the millions enraptured with his music and hypnotic voice, the multiple Grammy winner’s infrequent appearances added to his legend.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2025

Amaya stood in front of her beside Little Sabeen, both of them enraptured by the ruckus on stage.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

And one venture capitalist described in exhaustive detail the circular flow of money behind a recent investment by Nvidia into his AI startup, enrapturing the crowd with his explanation of how capitalism really works.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025

Bailey has a glistening wonder in her eyes as Ariel – it’s enrapturing even if the movie is a little silly.

From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2023

The film's arrival was welcomed by the Independent's Geoffery Mcnab, who said the "enrapturing cosmic comedy" was reminiscent of an "offbeat" version of the 1977 US sci-fi drama film, Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

From BBC ● May 24, 2023

Seven decades since her death, and nine since the groundbreaking premiere of her Symphony in E minor, her luminous music is enrapturing audiences worldwide.

From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2023

The rich store of information, matured experience, soaring talent and enrapturing eloquence of Mr. Stockton—rendered him one of the most useful members of that Congress.

From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson