spellbinding
adjective
spell·bind·ing
ˈspel-ˌbīn-diŋ 
: holding the attention as if by a spell
a spellbinding story
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Casual in nature, anyone can dress the part and shed their muggle identities to join in for a couple of hours to show off their most spellbinding cackles along the Pacific Ocean coastline.
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Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 22 Oct. 2024
For readers and fans, this means more spellbinding narratives, relatable characters, and worlds waiting to be discovered.
—Nick Kasmik, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
To keep your eyes fixed on him throughout a match is both spellbinding and deadly dull.
—Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2022
Check out its first direct image of a gas giant exoplanet as well as a spellbinding view of the Phantom Galaxy.
—Ashley Strickland and Katie Hunt, CNN, 3 Sep. 2022
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Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 22 Oct. 2024
For readers and fans, this means more spellbinding narratives, relatable characters, and worlds waiting to be discovered.
—Nick Kasmik, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
To keep your eyes fixed on him throughout a match is both spellbinding and deadly dull.
—Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2022
Check out its first direct image of a gas giant exoplanet as well as a spellbinding view of the Phantom Galaxy.
—Ashley Strickland and Katie Hunt, CNN, 3 Sep. 2022
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“Spellbinding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spellbinding. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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