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spellbound

[spel-bound] / ˈspɛlˌbaʊnd /


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At Wembley, those qualities - combined with armour-plated pop smashes like As It Was and Watermelon Sugar - had the audience spellbound.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

A former professor of biology at the University of the South, Mr. Haskell has made a career of explaining the lives of plants to spellbound audiences.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

To hear Judith Light, Jessica Hecht, Linda Lavin, Peter Frechette, Slattery or Whitford converse in this heightened theatrical patois was to become instantly spellbound.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2025

But Las Vegas seems spellbound by the Super Bowl, which is making its first appearance in a place that the N.F.L., not so long ago, avoided to the point of parody.

From New York Times Feb. 8, 2024

When she found that he knew nothing, and yet had spellbound the goats to come to him and follow him, then she saw that he must have in him the makings of power.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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