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verb

enthrall

hold spellbound

In a sentence

Six example sentences with enthrall, each labelled with its topic.

  • A single unaccompanied voice enthralled two thousand people who had come expecting an orchestra and a famous conductor.

    Music

  • The lecturer enthralled a hall of teenagers with nothing but a vacuum pump, a feather and a steel ball.

    Science

  • His pictures of the salt flats enthrall visitors, who stand in front of them far longer than the gallery expects.

    Photography

  • The film's opening shot, ten silent minutes on a fishing boat, managed to enthrall an audience expecting explosions.

    Movies

  • The rookie's passing continues to enthrall the crowd, which now gasps before the ball even leaves his hands.

    Basketball

  • The old sailor's stories enthralled the children so completely that nobody noticed the tide had come in.

    Literature

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