enthrall

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Vuong is a lauded poet whose paragraphs are shot through with sentences that enthrall and often land with a philosopher’s wisdom and economy.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2025

An opera doesn’t require an intricate plot or dazzling tricks, only that its stars enthrall their audience with their breathtaking talent in the moments that count.

From Salon • Sep. 28, 2024

From the world-famous Keukenhof garden in the Netherlands to the magical bluebell Hallerbos forest in Belgium, they are out there again, almost on cue to enthrall, enthuse and soothe the mind.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2023

Lockhart’s lyrical thriller continues to enthrall readers years after its initial release, marking this novel as a future classic in the genre.

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2022

Not my wife, whom multitudinous cares enthrall; nor yet myself, whom a couple of months' enforced idleness now constrains to a preternatural activity, lest the world fail of salvation.

From Notes of a Son and Brother by James, Henry