How to Use infatuate in a Sentence

infatuate

verb

• My son was like infatuated with it and fell in love with Matt.
  — Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2019
• Kind of like if you were infatuated with Raquel Welch or Sophia Loren.
  — Courtney Devores, charlotteobserver, 4 Apr. 2018
• But not all hope is lost for those infatuated with the notion of a terror of the river.
  — Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2024
• Yes, there are times when I have been infatuated with men.
  — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 18 Mar. 2020
• In defence, less willing to drop deep, in part due to an era infatuated with using a flat-back four.
  — SI.com, 13 Feb. 2018
• Born in 1917 and raised in Oxford, Connecticut, she was infatuated from a very young age with the idea of parachuting.
  — Annie Gentile, Courant Community, 15 Mar. 2018
• Whatever you're infatuated with, look for a way to set it down for a moment and get your bearings.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2023
• Listening to the reporters, he, too, was soon infatuated with the idea of getting closer to the Western Front.
  — oregonlive, 11 Nov. 2019
• And in January, people were just as infatuated with Kim's fridge, which is walk-in.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 18 Feb. 2020
• Director Roberto Olabe is said to be infatuated by the Spaniard, so he is expected to lead their push for a deal.
  — SI.com, 23 Aug. 2019
• He was infatuated with Tonka toy trucks but couldn't afford to buy them.
  — Alex Darus, cleveland.com, 28 June 2017
• When contacted by the Globe, Lucas hit back that the reporter was infatuated with him.
  — Emma Colton, Fox News, 10 July 2023
• How it's held up: After two months, we are still infatuated with this backpack.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 24 Apr. 2023
• Ian is infatuated by the barmaid, but unsure how to approach her.
  — Elizabeth Angell, Town & Country, 30 Oct. 2017
• When his work, along with that of other Ukiyo-e artists of that period, was discovered by French artists, they were infatuated.
  — Geraldine Fabrikant, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
• The lady in question is Anne, a colleague infatuated with Richard.
  — David Canfield, EW.com, 19 Aug. 2019
• Most critics loathed or ignore it, but Kael was infatuated, and her 9,000-word defence of the outlaw biopic earned her a position at the New Yorker.
  — N.b., The Economist, 1 July 2019
• But at the very beginning of the series, then-naïve Sansa was infatuated — perhaps even in love — with Joffrey and his royal status.
  — Sara Delgado, Teen Vogue, 27 Mar. 2019
• For instance, in 2016 the rest of the chip industry was infatuated with putting smart chips into everything.
  — Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Mar. 2018
• From an early age, Owen was infatuated with country music, but even more so with the behind-the-scenes machinations.
  — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 5 June 2018
• Still, even as hippies popularized beads and bare feet (a uniform of its own, inevitably), there were those who remained infatuated with the classic look of the élite.
  — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023
• A: She was infatuated, like much of Mexican culture is, with death.
  — Janelle Gelfand, Cincinnati.com, 22 June 2017
• Jew said one of his favorite dishes growing up was sweet and sour chicken, and he was infatuated with the different replications of the recipe in homes and restaurants.
  — Justin Phillips, SFChronicle.com, 14 Jan. 2020
• Everybody thought he was infatuated in the days before his death.
  — National Geographic, 15 Jan. 2017
• Helen’s infatuated with their house, Howards End, with its apple trees and dog-roses, and with the family, who are enthrallingly alien to her.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2018
• Or perhaps she was infatuated, but her commitment to the policy was greater than her commitment to the man.
  — Jonah Goldberg, Alaska Dispatch News, 17 Sep. 2017
• Theron once admitted she was infatuated with Tom Hanks as a young girl.
  — Vogue, 30 July 2017
• Or perhaps he was genuinely infatuated with the promise of the Golden State.
  — Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 13 Mar. 2023
• She was infatuated by home design from a young age, credit to her mother and grandmother.
  — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2024
• The Clifford family of Edmond, Okla., tracked down an octopus for their son Cal, 9, who has been infatuated with the sea animals for years.
  — Michael Levenson, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024