be smitten

Example Sentences

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Still, you’ll be smitten with its engaging handling, simple convertible top operation, and all-around fun when cruising around your favorite roads and highways.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2022

In the present day, it’s never a foregone conclusion that an ambitious man will be smitten with an ambitious woman; 50 years ago, it was all the more notable.

From The Guardian • May 15, 2020

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

She replied, "I confess that fur coat is disenchanting; how could you expect me to be smitten with such a figure as that?"

From The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun by Vigée-Lebrun, Marie Louise Elisabeth