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Discover LudwigThe phrase "rapt in" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe someone who is completely absorbed or engrossed in something, often to the point of being unaware of their surroundings.
Example: "She was rapt in her book, oblivious to the noise around her."
Alternatives: "engrossed in" or "absorbed in"
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Nina is rapt in attention.
Mr. Dorsky's candid camera also catches people rapt in thought.
It's spellbound music, rapt in fatalism and sorrow.
The chamber, which bustled with activity during almost every other speech, was rapt in attention.
So the Virgin gazes down and slightly past us, rapt in thought.
I sat in my sunny doorway from sunrise till noon, rapt in a revery".
The opening introit, sliding out of silence into sound, was rapt in its fervour.
In her finest records, she conveyed the sound of a singer rapt in a romantic spell.
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Surfers are like farmers or hunters in their rapt absorption in nature's vicinal habits and vagaries.
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