infatuate

A small number of people are “absolutely infatuated” with them, and an even smaller number of people hate gulls.

My three boys were infatuated with building blocks as children, and my husband would play with them, teaching the concept of a “stable base.”

He also adores green woodpeckers having become infatuated with one of his grandfather's table mats which featured an illustration of one.

Nash grew up infatuated with the VHS cover art for horror titles and reading Fangoria magazine as he dabbled in amateur makeup effects.

Gosling’s breaks in character continued throughout the episode in sketches about a man who doesn’t want to get married, a doctor and surgeon infatuated with cookie crumbles and an “Erin Brockovich” parody, among others.