captivation
Example Sentences
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Whatever Gyllenhaal wants to do, she does, which becomes its own act of captivation and reckless empowerment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026
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
Her captivation by opera was such that in 2016, she was cast as the comic Duchess of Krakenthorp in the Washington National Opera’s “The Daughter of the Regiment.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2020
She was not, it is true, of the ordinary type of beauty, whose chief ornament is an effort at captivation.
From A Dozen Ways Of Love by Lily Dougall
