Dawn Foster

That 'woman becomes a mother' still makes a headline in 2015 reminds women that, for all their personal and collective achievements, society is still more interested in the limitations of biology, and rapt at the fact that women can - and do - make a wealth of choices about if and how they become a parent.

British Journalist

David Walton

Being on stage was all about the palpable energy of a rapt audience hopefully buying into a life onstage. The immediate connection with the audience was the best part for me. The camera is not as fun, but your work is preserved forever. There's immortality to it.

American Actor

Paul F. Tompkins

Happy Days,' 'Laverne & Shirley,' 'Mork & Mindy' - it takes no effort at all to conjure, physically, the profound excitement I felt watching these shows in prime time. I remember sitting on the floor, too close to the TV, rapt.

American Comedian

David Rakoff

Play It Again Sam's opening shot is the same as 'Purple Rose's final one: a close-up of a face, rapt in a movie house. I've certainly felt that in my life. I've been known to cry watching Gene Kelly.

Canadian Writer

Ravi Subramanian

A thriller needs to hold the interest of the reader from the very beginning. It needs to engage with them, hold them in rapt attention, and prevent them from putting down the book.

Indian Author

Josh Duhamel

Fergie will sing ballads to the dogs and they'll sit there rapt. You know your wife's a star when she keeps the dogs entertained for 20 minutes.

Carol Leifer

My father was the king of the joke-tellers. I was so impressed as a child watching him, holding people in rapt attention.

Albert Einstein

He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.

German Physicist

Shahid Khan

I own two species of the raptors - Falco peregrinus and Falco biarmicus.

Pakistani Businessman

Use 'rapt' to describe someone's full absorption in an experience, as if nothing else exists.

Complete Immersion

'Rapt' often implies that something is so captivating that it holds one's complete attention.

Intrigued Audience

'Rapt' can suggest an emotional reaction, like joy or awe, in response to an experience.

Emotional Response

Use 'rapt' when someone is deeply engaged in a personal activity, showing their passion and focus.

Personal Engagement

'Rapt' implies a level of concentration where outside distractions are not noticed.

Excludes Distractions

'Rapt in thought' conveys someone is deeply absorbed in their contemplations or reflections.

Mental Absorption

Use 'rapt' to describe an overwhelming sense of happiness or pleasure that a person finds hard to contain.

Uncontained Joy

'Rapt' can express the pleasure of accomplishment or a very positive outcome.

Delight in Success

'Rapt' captures the moment of extreme happiness, often triggered by a particular event.

Sudden Elations

 so they walked the rest of the way together, rapt in conversation. Yingtai realized that, despite her meticulous disguise, she felt that she could finally be herself. The two decided to celebrate what they thought would be a long, close friendship, and became sworn brothers. At the academy, Yingtai buried herself in books

The Chinese legend of...

 like urine and lichen. When it comes to the sharpest vision, birds of prey soar above the competition. To capture the most detail, an animal must have lots of photoreceptors in its eye, as well as increased visual processing power. Raptors have an especially deep fovea—

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 to drop off the face of this person so they can soak up all that knowledge. Right now there is also a person who has an entire audience rapt with attention, a person that is weaving a powerful narrative about a world that the people who are listening

Christopher Emdin: Teach...

 question and there is something we see all the time when you're at the bird with a big relatively large wingspan you'd think the large Raptors and specially Bulger's are very very important too for that they're very big they're not they're the

Safari Live - Day 166 PIPE...

 finding bone beds that just have the remains of small meat-eating dinosaurs is extremely unusual and extremely rare and extremely exciting Raptors just stir the imagination the Raptor found on top is a particularly it

T. Rex Granddaddy PIPE...

 raptors young are more likely to survive it now seems clear that the instinct to nurture and care for a nest of eggs had its origins with the dinosaurs it's a behavior that was so successful it's

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 are most vulnerable they are at risk from small predators like foxes and Raptors all the more reason for this father to be so overprotective of his young

Father Knows Best PIPE...

 are most vulnerable they are at risk from small predators like foxes and Raptors all the more reason for this father to be so overprotective of is young

Raising Rheas PIPE National...

 protecting the nest means giganta raptors young are more likely to survive it now seems clear that the instinct to