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How to use raptly in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word raptly? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
On the book's cover, we see Riel on that same hilltop, staring raptly into the sky.
By the way they were all paying attention to him so raptly, I could tell he was the ringleader of the group.
She offered a quick nod, and turned back to face the city, raptly staring at the steadily rising flames.
Jimmie explained the process and Sara listened raptly, hanging on every word.
I was paying attention so raptly that I didn't even notice Chris come back in.
Be prepared to sit down and listen raptly to the entire giddy production.
Audiences of monks, warriors, young lovers, and townsmen gaze raptly at this appealing and even bizarre sight.
But I gazed long and raptly at the wonderful textures of spongy grass, dully reflective flagstones, and dreaming concrete.
It's a tender paean to ambition and creation that raptly summates the artistic credo of Miyazaki and Ghibli alike, even as it looks and feels like nothing else they've previously produced.
One reason is in evidence in the town hall, where about 50 ranch hands in cowboy hats and baseball caps listen raptly to a presentation on human-bovine interaction.
A strongly impressionistic portrait of an undeservedly little-known scientist, The Evolutionist is a raptly compelling read.
In the second half of the concert, the orchestra played a varied and interesting program, which raptly held the audiences attention.
One of her students was absent that day, but the other 15 sat raptly listening to their teacher.
At one hotel bar yesterday, North Koreans watched raptly, cheering and applauding at the close of the brief broadcast.
Raptly fascinating, The Antibiotic Hunters is highly recommended for school and public library DVD collections.
Examples from Classical Literature
He cleared his throat and his eyes wandered, raptly, as of old, into the dim vastness of the rafters.
He stayed quite still, listening as raptly as some wandering night-beast to the indiscriminate stir and echoings of the darkness.
Again the beachcomber struck the stalagmites, listening raptly while the sounds died slowly away.
As he gazed at it raptly a scream from the girl aroused him.
They gazed raptly upon the gallows tree where pirates used to dangle.
She had listened to him raptly, the pale light white upon her lifted face.
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