be smitten by
Example Sentences
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Kate is witty and headstrong and focused on her family’s needs more than her own, and he can’t help but be smitten by it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2022
Francisco Mojica was not the first to see CRISPR, but he was probably the first to be smitten by it.
From Nature • Jan. 11, 2017
At a media preview in advance of E3, it was hard not to be smitten by Batman mistaking Scarecrow from "The Wizard of Oz" as the DC Comics super-villain.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2015
And so I would like to say here, in this little blog about one's first attempt at reading Proust: you will either be smitten by him or not.
From The Guardian • Feb. 7, 2013
Mrs. Carew's rosy lip curled scornfully: "My dear Miss Neville, should you ever be smitten by the blasts of adversity, your charming recitative talent would prove wonderfully remunerative upon the stage."
From Infelice by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)
