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

Just ask Jerry Jones, who had reason to be smitten with the UFC star after the team Jones owns blew out Jacksonville on Sunday with the fighter/whiskey salesman providing the emotional spark.

From Washington Times • Oct. 16, 2018

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

There, they can freely turn the left cheek, because there the right cheek will never be smitten.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman