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

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

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

If the patient for whom a mental treatment is recognized as necessary shows himself too skeptical to submit to the powers of the psychotherapist, such captivation of his belief can easily be secured.

From Psychotherapy by Münsterberg, Hugo