Wrapt

Examples

• Wrapt up in a cloak of politeness, she seemed determined to hazard nothing. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Then wrapt they in soft purple veils the rich urn, digg'd a pit, Grav'd it, built up the grave with stones, and quickly piled on it A barrow. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I lighted the lamps of my carriage; I wrapt her in furs, and placed her along the seat; then taking the reins, made the horses go forward. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• After battling for many tedious minutes with the precipice, the same scene presented itself to me, which had wrapt him in extatic wonder. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Whilst gazing in wrapt admiration at the architectural beauties of the cathedral, the spectator's attention was disturbed by sounds underground. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• You young things, wrapt up in yourselves and in earthly hopes, scarcely live as Christ lived. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• In this, however, he was not successful, as Crispin was wrapt up in a brown study, so the Greek turned towards Eunice and asked her to sing something. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I bore her from the near neighbourhood of the dead; wrapt in cloaks, I placed her beneath a tree. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• What time Young John lay wrapt in peaceful slumber, after composing and arranging the following monumental inscription on his pillow-- STRANGER! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.

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