- present participle of fascinate.
fascinating
Example Sentences
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"The shark is tracking the light -- it's fascinating."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
She loves her job as an extreme cleaner, but since starting to document her cleaning adventures online, she has found it fascinating how interested other people are in what she does.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
By 1943, autism was used to describe children with "fascinating peculiarities" who weren't interested in the world around them.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
What better time to take a breather and look at the most fascinating future-facing stories we’ve published in 2026 so far?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
“No, no, I’m not busy at all,” I said, looking not at her eyes but at this fascinating area around her forehead.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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