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

In the management of this marvellous instrument of captivation was, perhaps, the solitary evidence of anything like study or artifice about her.

From Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier by Lever, Charles James