- present participle of captivate.
captivating
Example Sentences
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Being in Midtown on the later side has its perks: Captivating sunsets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
Captivating but confusing - what state is international rugby in?
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025
Captivating images by Associated Press photographers show everyday Ukrainians taking up arms as civilian soldiers to repel a Russian invasion.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2022
Captivating the imagination of millions of readers worldwide, it has been translated into 60 languages.
From Reuters • Jan. 17, 2022
Calculation and artifice, if detected, quicksands to the orator Canova Captain Renard, fable of Captivating an audience, secret of Caress, the Carvalho, Mme.
From Delsarte System of Oratory by Various
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