spellbound

Example Sentences

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The class sat spellbound as she gestured with her hands and paused to think of how to sign “blasphemy” and “chastising.”

From Washington Post

“It’s one thing not to be religious, but they have to know the history,” García said as Ona stood on a pew and watched, spellbound.

From Seattle Times

And as she pirouettes in a fantasyland of gently falling snowflakes, they watch her in spellbound silence.

From Seattle Times

Television viewers worldwide were spellbound for the hour-long live chase, and thousands more people lined freeways and overpasses to cheer as Simpson passed in a white Bronco.

From Washington Post

But as soon as the music of "Assassins" started, a circus-like tune, I was spellbound.

From Salon