enthralled

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But the sensibilities of corset-and-bustle dramas have vastly changed since the first “Forsyte Saga” enthralled 18 million U.K. viewers nearly 60 years ago.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

The efficiencies it can generate are immensely seductive for corporate bosses, while the benefits it can bring to higher education have college presidents enthralled.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

These were all white boys in the segregated South, if ones utterly enthralled by the latest black-music sounds, and ready and happy to play behind the first area recording star, African-American Arthur Alexander.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025

The Hollywood community — especially among guild members — is not enthralled with the Netflix deal, fearing it will reduce the number of movies and TV shows created, and eliminate jobs.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

Of all the developments in the Soviet Union, the method by which scores of backward peoples had been led to unity on a national scale was what had enthralled me.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright