spellbind
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I saw him spellbind a room reciting Sophocles.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2023
And yet, onstage, under the pink LEDs, the dancers spellbind.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2020
“Throughout his life in jazz, Cecil continues to spellbind or infuriate listeners.”
From Reuters ● Apr. 6, 2018
Standing in a tent show before a penny-dreadful melodrama, he feels the actor's hypnotic hold on the crowd, senses that his words too may one day sway and spellbind.
From Time Magazine Archive
We here at the Mumbai Young Filmmakers Council are all in agreement that Miss Mehra possesses the unique ability to truly transform her characters on-screen in such a way as to spellbind her audience.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
Wu and Allen produced a session of spellbinding snooker and finished locked at 11-11 to perfectly set up the final session of their last-four meeting.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
If Gellar didn’t have such a spellbinding screen presence, one might think she was the common denominator factor in all of these failed series.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2026
Here are the main talking points after a spellbinding fourth round of the Six Nations.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026
Meant to be all-powerful and spellbinding, he comes across as merely eccentric.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
As that spellbinding first drive unfolded to give Permian a 7—0 lead, Hankins knew it was over even though there were more than three quarters of football left to play.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
I spent several hours spellbound by the aquarium—don’t miss the octopus and jellyfish tanks—and the museum of the world’s oceans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
The spellbound astronauts pinned themselves to the windows, the first humans to see the far side of our nearest celestial neighbour.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025
“The Gentleman From Peru” takes place in a hotel where a group of friends are spellbound by a stranger’s tale of thwarted romance.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2025
But Las Vegas seems spellbound by the Super Bowl, which is making its first appearance in a place that the N.F.L., not so long ago, avoided to the point of parody.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
Commons clock tower: ivied brick, white spire, spellbound in the hazy distance.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
