be smitten by

Example Sentences

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Kate is witty and headstrong and focused on her family’s needs more than her own, and he can’t help but be smitten by it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2022

Francisco Mojica was not the first to see CRISPR, but he was probably the first to be smitten by it.

From Nature • Jan. 11, 2017

At a media preview in advance of E3, it was hard not to be smitten by Batman mistaking Scarecrow from "The Wizard of Oz" as the DC Comics super-villain.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2015

And so I would like to say here, in this little blog about one's first attempt at reading Proust: you will either be smitten by him or not.

From The Guardian • Feb. 7, 2013

The secret chord was to be smitten by a master-hand,—a chord which, once stirred, may never cease to quiver.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 by Various