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captivate
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  • And we all know that Wickham has every charm of person and address that can captivate a woman.†  (source)
  • The children went to him like bees to a honeypot, and establishing themselves on each knee, proceeded to captivate him by rifling his pockets, pulling his beard, and investigating his watch, with juvenile audacity.†  (source)
  • She strung humorous stories along the road like a bright wash and tried to captivate us.†  (source)
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  • The talib talked of jihad in such glorious terms that my father was captivated.†  (source)
  • Telling this terrible story like it's captivating.†  (source)
  • I employed all my knowledge about—of all things—peanuts to try to captivate Sophie that evening in Washington, as we ambled past the floodlight-drenched White House and then made our roundabout way toward Herzog's restaurant and "the best crab cakes in town."†  (source)
  • That was the captivation of it to me.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
  • Standing five foot six, with a buxom figure and a pretty smile that captivates some of the journalists in attendance, Mary has initially engendered some sympathy, and many Americans wonder if her life should be spared.†  (source)
  • 'Nickleby,' said Mr Mantalini in tears, 'you have been made a witness to this demnition cruelty, on the part of the demdest enslaver and captivator that never was, oh dem!†  (source)
  • She was captivatingly beautiful that evening, as she always was; the young man at the end of the table did little more than smoke cigarettes and watch her.†  (source)
  • But no single star of the genre captivated Osip more than Humphrey Bogart.†  (source)
  • Ean was certainly captivating, but his charisma was almost too overwhelming.†  (source)
  • He had the same ability Erik did to captivate a room using only his voice.†  (source)
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