All 8 Uses of
captivate
in
Bleak House
- In short, she had such a natural, captivating, winning manner that in a few minutes we were sitting in the window-seat, with the light of the fire upon us, talking together as free and happy as could be.†
Chpt 1-3
- He is a man of attainments and of captivating manners.†
Chpt 4-6 *
- All he said was so free from effort and spontaneous and was said with such a captivating gaiety that it was fascinating to hear him talk.†
Chpt 4-6
- There was something so captivating in his light way of touching these fantastic strings, and he was such a mirthful child by the side of the graver childhood we had seen, that he made my guardian smile even as he turned towards us from a little private talk with Mrs. Blinder.†
Chpt 13-15
- It made me uneasy that at such a time when he most required some right principle and purpose he should have this captivating looseness and putting-off of everything, this airy dispensing with all principle and purpose, at his elbow.†
Chpt 37-39
- The engaging frankness with which he made this declaration really had a disinterested appearance and captivated my guardian, if not, for the moment, Ada too.†
Chpt 43-45
- Our young friends, losing the youthful poetry which was once so captivating in them, begin to think, 'This is a man who wants pounds.'†
Chpt 61-63
- Then, indeed, does she captivate all hearts by her condescension, by her girlish vivacity, and by her skipping about as in the days when the hideous old general with the mouth too full of teeth had not cut one of them at two guineas each.†
Chpt 66-67
Definition:
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(captivate) to attract and hold the interest (of someone)