be smitten
Example Sentences
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Still, you’ll be smitten with its engaging handling, simple convertible top operation, and all-around fun when cruising around your favorite roads and highways.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2022
In the present day, it’s never a foregone conclusion that an ambitious man will be smitten with an ambitious woman; 50 years ago, it was all the more notable.
From The Guardian • May 15, 2020
Just ask Jerry Jones, who had reason to be smitten with the UFC star after the team Jones owns blew out Jacksonville on Sunday with the fighter/whiskey salesman providing the emotional spark.
From Washington Times • Oct. 16, 2018
Francisco Mojica was not the first to see CRISPR, but he was probably the first to be smitten by it.
From Nature • Jan. 11, 2017
To turn the left cheek if the right be smitten, is chronometrical; hence, no average son of man ever did such a thing.
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman
