fascination
noun
fas·ci·na·tion
ˌfa-sə-ˈnā-shən 
1
a
: the quality or power of fascinating
b
: something fascinating
2
: the state of being fascinated : the state of feeling an intense interest in something
Examples of fascination in a Sentence
the fascination that the subject of dinosaurs has for most children
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The dawn of the automobile age, for instance, spurred fascination with machinery, influencing designs like the cabochon spheres that evoke ball bearings in many Cartier pieces of the time.
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Jill Newman, Robb Report, 29 June 2025
The search for extraterrestrial life has long gone back and forth between scientific curiosity, public fascination and outright skepticism.
—Oliver Swainston, Space.com, 28 June 2025
Questions of spectacle and propriety circled the Mütter even then, but Worden’s ample charisma, her confidence in the validity of her own fascination, seemed largely able to keep them at bay.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
Though viewers say the movie scared them away from beaches, pools and even bath tubs for a time, that fear has become an American fascination.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 21 June 2025
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Jill Newman, Robb Report, 29 June 2025
The search for extraterrestrial life has long gone back and forth between scientific curiosity, public fascination and outright skepticism.
—Oliver Swainston, Space.com, 28 June 2025
Questions of spectacle and propriety circled the Mütter even then, but Worden’s ample charisma, her confidence in the validity of her own fascination, seemed largely able to keep them at bay.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
Though viewers say the movie scared them away from beaches, pools and even bath tubs for a time, that fear has become an American fascination.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 21 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for fascination
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“Fascination.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fascination. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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