How to Use smitten in a Sentence

smitten

adjective

• The two hit it off in the pods, and both seem truly smitten.
  — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 24 Mar. 2023
• The sight of the chef’s daughter, Miko, walking through the front door leaves him smitten.
  — Kristen Tauer, WWD, 16 July 2024
• Near the end of the episode, which is about 45 minutes long, Rosenthal sounds smitten.
  — oregonlive, 25 May 2022
• The pair looked smitten at the premiere for the series, which stars the Ironman actor (and his cars, of course).
  — Maggie Horton, Country Living, 22 June 2023
• As Drew third-wheeled, Jonathan and Zooey were more smitten than ever.
  — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 16 June 2022
• That's the advantage of an open house: The agent may just catch the eye of a passerby who becomes smitten with the property.
  — Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Jan. 2024
• The first Black bachelor in the series' long history, James seemed smitten, choosing to spend the next day with the 27-year-old.
  — Jenna Ross, Star Tribune, 26 Jan. 2021
• Swift is on cloud nine, the source indicated, and really is quite smitten with The 1975 singer.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 2 June 2023
• The roots for the love started, of course, on Creekview’s track, where Blough was a smitten sophomore who decided to join the track team just to spend more time around Gonzalez.
  — Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 28 July 2021
• The pair was spotted holding hands on their way to the event at the Japanese restaurant Zuma, dressed to the nines and looking as smitten as ever.
  — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 8 Feb. 2023
• Some people had made the pilgrimage to see Amal; others, like a smitten woman in a one-piece swimsuit and pink bathing cap, seemed to have ditched their beach plans to tag along.
  — Laura Collins-Hughes Amir Hamja, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2022
• The Marry Me actor isn't the only one who's completely smitten.
  — Ana Escalante, Glamour, 8 Apr. 2022
• He was also accused of being too smitten with foreign culture and quick to show off his English.
  — David Pierson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2022
• Posing on quaint cobblestone streets and in neighborhood cafés, the couple looked smitten.
  — Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 7 July 2023
• Next, at the cocktail reception, a smitten Donald Rumsfeld stood three feet from Loretta, staring and not saying a word.
  — Nancy Russell, Variety, 6 Oct. 2022
• And that, perhaps more than for any policy position, is why the women at Voting Station 105 are so smitten by him.
  — Jonah Blank, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2019
• Cajal, who first saw the technique in the home of a colleague who had recently returned from studying in Paris, was absolutely smitten.
  — Benjamin Ehrlich, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2022
• The two made out in multiple public spots and generally appeared smitten on the short but sweet honeymoon-esque trip with their kids.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 3 Aug. 2022
• She was so smitten by the experience — and the health and safety protocols — that she’s booked another sailing in December.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2021
• What keeps these clearly smitten lovers apart are not exterior forces but their own internal issues.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Mar. 2023
• Sharing snippets of their lives from various events and dinners, Joe looked absolutely smitten with Sofía.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 19 July 2022
• View full post on Instagram Pelphrey also shared his own selection of photos on his timeline, clearly already a smitten papa.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 2 Apr. 2023
• My inventories—which were written like a smitten 7th grader doodling her crush’s name over and over—were extensive and impractical.
  — Kendra Vaculin, Bon Appétit, 23 Mar. 2022
• The security team at Amazon, which had repeatedly warned of the risks posed by constantly gobbling up new subsidiaries and folding them into the company's network, was less smitten.
  — Will Evans, Wired, 18 Nov. 2021
• This touching, lovely ode to finally feeling comfortable again is the perfect soundtrack for a weekend of reacquainting yourself with that smitten feeling.
  — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 3 Feb. 2023
• However, Chalamet and Jenner appear too smitten with one another to give her their full attention.
  — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2023
• Gomez Addams finds himself in the middle of an ordeal when his daughter, Wednesday, becomes smitten with a boy from an upstanding family — and the patriarch has to keep the relationship a secret from Morticia.
  — Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Nov. 2021
• Despite its relatively young age, the brand has become well respected among watch enthusiasts for its impressive pieces, including the stunning Toric Chronograph that Charles is so smitten with.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 11 May 2023
• In his 1974 book The Connoisseur, Connell described the growing obsession of an ordinary insurance executive who becomes smitten with pre-Columbian art.
  — Sean Elder, Town & Country, 8 Jan. 2023
• The palmas — those crisp hand claps that punctuate flamenco music — sounded almost hyperreal, as if God was lurking behind the curtains, applauding his favorite new singer like a smitten metronome.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024