All 6 Uses of
enthrall
in
The Picture of Dorian Gray - 20 chapter version
- He answered to every touch and thrill of the bow....There was something terribly enthralling in the exercise of influence.†
Chpt 3 *enthralling = holding spellbound (capturing full attention)
- He had been always enthralled by the methods of natural science, but the ordinary subject-matter of that science had seemed to him trivial and of no import.†
Chpt 4enthralled = held spellbound (with full attention captured)
- I sat in the dingy box absolutely enthralled.†
Chpt 6
- We watch ourselves, and the mere wonder of the spectacle enthralls us.†
Chpt 8enthralls = holds spellbound (captures full attention)
- This taste enthralled him for years, and, indeed, may be said never to have left him.†
Chpt 11enthralled = held spellbound (with full attention captured)
- I am afraid I may frighten the company, frighten or enthrall them.†
Chpt 5
Definitions:
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(1)
(enthrall as in: enthralled by the story) to capture and hold someone's full attention -- often by being fascinating, exciting, or beautiful
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, in the past enthrall could reference enslavement.