captivate
Example Sentences
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She remembers being captivated by the “beautiful dissonance” in his music.
From Los Angeles Times
Her disappearance captivated and confounded true crime watchers around the nation as FBI investigators and armchair detectives alike tried to solve the puzzle of what happened to Melodee.
From Los Angeles Times
A falconer captivated by the natural sciences, he once considered becoming a wildlife illustrator.
“I learned so much about the world in that little space,” she writes, describing “an astonishing, captivating blend of cultures that influences me to this very day.”
From Los Angeles Times
“It’s not always easy to continue to surprise the audience and come up with this stuff that’s just really captivating and fresh and new but I believe that we can,” Thieriot says.
From Los Angeles Times
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