Sample Sentences forcaptivate (auto-selected)
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But there was a young lad who had been captivated. (source)captivated = highly interested
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Smiling, blushing, limpid eyed, Anne tripped back and gave a quaint, funny little selection that captivated her audience still further. (source)
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She would captivate everyone and would always be welcome among the upper class.† (source)
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And we all know that Wickham has every charm of person and address that can captivate a woman.† (source)
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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)
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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)
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Telling this terrible story like it's captivating.† (source)
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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)
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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.
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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)
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'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)
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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)
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But no single star of the genre captivated Osip more than Humphrey Bogart.† (source)
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Ean was certainly captivating, but his charisma was almost too overwhelming.† (source)
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He had the same ability Erik did to captivate a room using only his voice.† (source)
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