captivate

He is entirely unrecognizable save for his essential, singular ability to captivate.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

But while the subjects of pleasure and open-mindedness captivate her, on screen Anderson is not letting the industry pigeonhole her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Marlowe said she is "thrilled to be joining the Radio 1 family" and hopes to "captivate your ears, not so much your eyes due to it being radio".

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

By the time the Civil War ended, it was baseball that had become the game that would continue to captivate Americans into the 21st century and beyond.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

The ache and the beauty of Billie’s words captivate me, despite the ugly images they bring to mind.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

The fifth instalment of the animated franchise sees Woody, Buzz and Jessie threatened by a new frog-like tablet known as Lilypad, which captivates the film's children.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

The first captivates via a young man’s earnest effusiveness; the second’s effusiveness, tainted by lovelorn glum, deepens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025

It’s Wembanyama’s size that captivates most of all.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

Even when the story lacks, the visual splendor captivates, and Corbet brings intimate and layered performances out of his actors.

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2025

They remain aloof from the modern temptation that captivates many in America’s middle class: the temptation to relieve the anonymity of public life by trying to make it intimate.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

Three years ago, an Arctic owl captivated residents in Cypress after arriving around the Christmas holiday in 2022 before it left the next month.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

It's a style that has captivated Chinese audiences and stands in contrast with the current carefully choreographed leadership style.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Here’s the thing: Looking back, I do understand the utopian vision that captivated Hong and her fellow partisans.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

The case captivated the country as the FBI swooped on the region to search for the missing woman.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

She followed shows she had watched in Nigeria—The Fresh Prince of Bel Air; A Different World—and discovered new shows she had not known—Friends, The Simpsons—but it was the commercials that captivated her.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Alcaraz is tennis’s most captivating theater, a riveting positivity rocket of shot-making and court coverage who never seems to be out of any point.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Well, we have a few good examples: people like Zohran Mamdani, Abdul El-Sayed, AOC, who are really captivating.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

“Moana” became a box office hit, captivating audiences with catchy earworms from Lin-Manuel Miranda and a spunky young heroine who rejected the label of princess.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

Swiss great Roger Federer, watching from the Royal Box, was among the thousands inside Wimbledon's centre stage living each point of a captivating conclusion.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

Most captivating were the nights, “when the long shadows have all merged into one and the stars begin to gleam out over the lake and the domes of the palaces of the White City.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson