Sample Sentences for
enthrall
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enthrall as in:  enthralled by the story

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    Glittering castles in Spain were shaping themselves out of the mists and rainbows of her lively fancy; adventures wonderful and enthralling were happening to her in cloudland—adventures that always turned out triumphantly and never involved her in scrapes like those of actual life.  (source)
    enthralling = fascinating (holding full attention)
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    I am not above attempting to enthrall an intern with tales of high excitement.  (source)
    enthrall = held spellbound (with full attention captured)
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    Satisfied, apparently, with what he had learned during his two months of solitary life in the wild, McCandless decided to return to civilization: It was time to bring his "final and greatest adventure" to a close and get himself back to the world of men and women, where he could chug a beer, talk philosophy, enthrall strangers with tales of what he'd done.†  (source)
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    Jen kept Luke enthralled with stories of places she'd been, people she'd met, things she'd seen.†  (source)
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    He holds my gaze as if he can smell my fear, a cobra enthralling its prey.†  (source)
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    And though his face does not enthrall Pari as Julien's had, it is a far kinder face and, as Pari will learn before long, an external ambassador for the attentiveness, the quiet forbearance, and the enduring decency that resides within Eric.†  (source)
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    I had left before being subject to the sight of her being fully embraced, enjoyed by the kneeling man, and vet it was that moment's picture of her pleasure and enthrallment that lingered with me, the expression she bore for the man who knelt there, the careless, open mouth, the hips turned out, the cord of her neck like an exposed wire.†  (source)
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    Too high to be enthrall'd to low!†  (source)
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    We watch ourselves, and the mere wonder of the spectacle enthralls us.†  (source)
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    The interpreter explained each verse to the audience, some of whom now stood enthralled.†  (source)
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    Each hour spent like that poisoned her, she'd thought, yet the sensation was irresistible, enthralling, equal parts dread and desire.†  (source)
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    I dared not pause to look on her as I had on her sister, lest once more I should begin to be enthrall.†  (source)
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    And I would be lying if I did not admit to a certain amount of enthrallment, dare I say attraction, to whatever occupied my new friend for those brief few seconds.†  (source)
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