captivation
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So what better way to crack the curiosity of the culturally intransigent than to make this history personal by way of someone whose primary superpower is captivation?
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2023
There was a certain captivation among the crowd as the future NFL player breezed through agility drills.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 28, 2023
The opportunity to star in an adventure film satisfied Blunt’s childhood captivation with the genre.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2021
Her captivation by opera was such that in 2016, she was cast as the comic Duchess of Krakenthorp in the Washington National Opera’s “The Daughter of the Regiment.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2020
It is not till past mid-day that the noise of labour ceases, and that the toilette is put into a complete state for the captivation of the beholder.
From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
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