spellbound
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As her landscapes show, Münter was spellbound by Murnau’s simplicity and sincerity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
The spellbound astronauts pinned themselves to the windows, the first humans to see the far side of our nearest celestial neighbour.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025
“The Gentleman From Peru” takes place in a hotel where a group of friends are spellbound by a stranger’s tale of thwarted romance.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2025
This shot transfixes me because I have been so spellbound by Byrne that I am literally entranced and pulled into the music.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2023
All those unbelievable but entirely possible stories about his father’s sister—the woman his father had forbidden him to go near—had both of them spellbound.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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