| The behaviour of animals in captivity was explained, as the students listened in rapt attention. |
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| But though this suggests how little Gabriel understands his wife's rapt attention, we do not need to know that in this sequence. |
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| A successful dialogue can be conducted only if we listen to each other with rapt attention so that we can understand each other. |
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| The world depicted is a fascinating one, and we gaze upon it with rapt attention, even as the disquieting mood of the film keeps us ill at ease. |
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| Guests watched in rapt attention as the models showcased garments from Anand's designer collection. |
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| This is a superstitious, heavily Catholicized region where rapt attention is paid the priests who hold court and scare the locals. |
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| Others were, briefly, inattentive, but generally we were well behaved and gave Old Dutch our rapt attention. |
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| The way she moved demanded my rapt attention while her eyes kept me completely mesmerized. |
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| I took my cricketing cues from a television documentary on Ian Botham on Sunday night which held a whole pub in rapt attention. |
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| Well, this was just the introduction with which he hooked children and got them listening in rapt attention to his lecture. |
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| It was also reported that you spent the earlier part of the afternoon singing for your preschool mates, who stood in rapt attention around you. |
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| A sampling of the Egyptian diet draws the rapt attention of a whole family. |
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| Because we are all Canadians, and therefore painfully polite, he mistakes our bemused muteness for rapt attention. |
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| The pathos in the play struck the small group, which watched it with rapt attention. |
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| About 800 children drawn from various schools listened in rapt attention and went home with material on traffic rules and regulations. |
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| Of course, we will enjoy the contributions of our three UNESCO ad hoc experts, whose wise advice is always listened to with rapt attention. |
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| The topic was extremely interesting and you were able to hold the audience in rapt attention. |
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| The New Zealand senior and U-20 players listened with rapt attention on Wednesday as Jones described her journey to the summit of the world game. |
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| Chicago is a city with a rich musical tradition in hip-hop, and Lollapalooza's diverse audience insures an audience with rapt attention. |
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| The acoustic chanteuse may be the only introvert in coke-bottle glasses whose helium-laced voice can command such rapt attention from a punk bar crowd. |
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| The band used this simple setup to corral the crowd into rapt attention. |
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| Mr. Speaker, I listened with rapt attention as the chronicled the history of pecuniary matters in parts of Canada. |
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| When he teaches there is a magnetic smiling aura that charms people, and the listeners listen with rapt attention. |
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| The church was full, and everyone listened in rapt attention. |
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| A group of Whitehall officials are sitting listening with rapt attention to an account of the importance of scone-making for a group of three-year-olds. |
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| Clinching the final question in the quiz that once again held a packed auditorium to rapt attention, the schoolboys from Delhi cycled away with their hoard of prizes. |
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| Well, we all had headsets on, and obviously everyone was extremely quiet and solemn and trying to, with rapt attention, get everything they could out of the tape. |
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| Golden Age-of-TV evangelists prate on about which glorified soap operas are most deserving of our rapt attention. |
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| Read the scripture, with reverence, with rapt attention for few minutes daily. |
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| Three very engaging and interesting speakers held the rapt attention of the approximately 115 people in attendance. |
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| I recall listening with rapt attention to the debate when the project of the 'History of world civilizations' was launched. |
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| I hesitate to interrupt the hon. member and am listening with rapt attention to his speech, but I wonder if he might in some way relate it to the subject of the FTAA, which is currently being debated. |
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| Were the imposing, expansive trees in the park surrounding the youth hostel to begin recounting stories of the past, the guests seated on the benches and around the garden barbecue would listen with awe and rapt attention. |
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| I followed these developments with rapt attention. |
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| The children watched in rapt attention as the magician produced object after object from his hat. |
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| Having listened with rapt attention to his story, the Phaeacians, who are skilled mariners, agree to help Odysseus get home. |
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| When he spoke, he commanded rapt attention. |
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| But I could see the judge listen in rapt attention. |
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| Young children, who love the Lord and listen with rapt attention to their Sunday school teachers, don't need to have a chainsaw waved right under their noses. |
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| They delivered the presentation on the City Staff Report on Immigration Ottawa Initiative to Community and Protective Services to the rapt attention of Council Committee members. |
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| He is going to be sorely missed, although I am sure we will listen to his successor in this Chamber with the same rapt attention with which we have listened to him. |
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