smitten

Example Sentences

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Around the time he was accepted to Harvard, he was smitten by a memoir of R.F.K. by the Village Voice journalist Jack Newfield.

From New York Times

Sam Richardson, Chao’s co-star in “The Afterparty,” plays a character smitten with her, and much of the series revolves around their dynamic.

From New York Times

He stood 6½ feet tall, and sported an unruly head of hair and beard — a look that became iconic throughout his life — and was immediately smitten by the world he found.

From Washington Post

But Freer was briefly smitten with Egyptian objects, which in 1907 he called “the greatest art in the world,” a comment emblazoned on the exhibition’s wall.

From Washington Post

The Russian had never shown much interest in soccer before, but that night he was smitten.

From New York Times