1.   The children sat rapt as the puppets danced.

2.   As the jury sat rapt, Ms. Evans Schrader described how the attack changed her, ruining her sense of balance and leaving her feeling vulnerable and afraid.

3.   The audience sat rapt for two hours.

4.   The kids sat rapt, listening to our tales of typewriters we had known and loved.

5.   The students sat there rapt as this unassuming man captivated attention.

6.   When gambling industry analysts from around the nation gathered here recently, they sat rapt with their cell phones ready on their tables as she opened their conference.

7.   While the rest of America sat rapt before its television sets, he went about his business as a litigation attorney for a big Los Angeles law firm.

8.   They sit rapt as the GOP presidential contender weaves a complex sermon deploring the tax code, abortion, President Clinton and a general decline in morals.