captivation
Example Sentences
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What better way to crack the curiosity of the culturally intransigent than to make this history personal by way of someone whose superpower is captivation?
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2023
There was a certain captivation among the crowd as the future NFL player breezed through agility drills.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 28, 2023
The poets and philosophizers of Toronto think there is more behind the city’s captivation with the fox family.
From New York Times ● May 18, 2020
Such captivation rang true on a recent weekday as a dozen people at In Sheep’s Clothing occupied tables, bar stools and a couch in the 50-capacity room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2018
Her smile it was that completed my captivation, that first time that I saw her in church and lost my heart in a moment:—her smile was ever and always her greatest charm.
From She and I, Volume 1 by John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson
