be smitten
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
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
Such was the aspect of matters in this sequestered and sanctified dwelling, when the house seemed, all at once, to be smitten, like Job's, at the four corners.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative by Various
