How to Use spellbind in a Sentence

spellbind

verb

• It’s as spellbinding in its way as the stunts the cast pulls off during the rest of the show.
  — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2018
• The finale of the match comes down to the single, spellbinding move that gives the film its title: one hand, five curved fingers clutching the crown of the opponent’s head as though for dear life.
  — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2023
• Dress as the Sanderson sisters from Hocus Pocus, and your trio will have everyone spellbound.
  — Naydeline Mejia, Women's Health, 3 Aug. 2023
• Whether his fight with the Mouse House will end in a spellbinding triumph or an embarrassing failure, Peltz has dug in.
  — Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
• Any child who has ever been spellbound by these swooping, looping formations will delight in this book, told from the birds’ point of view.
  — New York Times, 24 May 2023
• Bey's portraits—and the subjects within—coolly spellbind the senses.
  — Jason Parham, WIRED, 27 June 2019
• Like the solar eclipse that spellbound Americans in August last year, a lunar eclipse occurs when the moon, Earth, and sun exactly align.
  — Mika McKinnon, Smithsonian, 26 Jan. 2018
• Fortunately for us, aya’s bad days yield results that are at once spellbinding and laugh-out-loud funny.
  — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 22 Aug. 2023
• In person, the image is spellbinding and compelling, a short story unto itself.
  — Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• Stella Tennant, who dropped by for a cocktail, was clearly spellbound by their handiwork.
  — Vogue, 5 Mar. 2019
• The book is spellbinding, but Winterson herself has been an ongoing force.
  — June Thomas, New York Times, 16 June 2023
• Stretching across Chile and Argentina, Patagonia has long lured travelers with storied peaks and spellbinding landscapes to what is very nearly the end of the world.
  — Nora Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2023
• After the performance, a spellbinding light show transformed the iconic New York City building into a canvas of vivid colors.
  — Maia Torres, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2023
• And as anyone who has seen the sublime new production of the show by Actors’ Playhouse in Coral Gables would tell you, the musical’s spellbinding pull is as powerful as ever.
  — Christine Dolen, miamiherald, 5 Mar. 2018
• The effect is particularly spellbinding on a pair of statement earrings, lending a soft halo to guava rose quartz orbs that appear to float in midair.
  — Chioma Nnadi, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2018
• His general range of passing and his general control of games has been simply spellbinding.
  — SI.com, 1 May 2018
• Equal parts summer kiss-off and chill breakup anthem, the song sees the K-pop stars experimenting outside of their spellbinding universe to dabble in tropical house vibes.
  — Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 21 Aug. 2023
• Bonus points if your costume and candy selection are equally spellbinding.
  — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 31 July 2023
• Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial seemed less than spellbinding by L.A. standards.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2023
• Even everyone’s favorite witch — Hermione Granger — was there to witness some seriously spellbinding shots first-hand.
  — Claire Harmeyer, Peoplemag, 18 July 2023
• Fine sand beaches fade into blue waters, towering cliffs rise from the sea, verdant vegetation covers the mountain peaks, and scenic hiking trails wind through the spellbinding scenery.
  — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2023
• An image of close but alien nature forever struggling to connect and transmogrify, its pathos is spellbinding.
  — Christopher Knight, latimes.com, 9 Oct. 2017
• The troupe that performed at Dar Ahlam's desert encampment after the helicopter flew off was all male (the guedra would have to wait till next time) but likewise spellbinding in its relentlessly rhythmic, propulsive, trance-like energy.
  — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 30 Mar. 2015
• The troupe that performed at Dar Ahlam's desert encampment after the helicopter flew off was all male (the guedra would have to wait till next time) but likewise spellbinding in its relentlessly rhythmic, propulsive, trance-like energy.
  — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 30 Mar. 2015
• Featuring Jean-Pierre Léaudin a riveting performance that finds the actor seemingly contemplating his own death, the film is spellbinding.
  — Mark Olsen, latimes.com, 4 June 2017
• February: Venice and Viareggio Venice is always an exciting city to visit, but during Carnival, the atmosphere is spellbinding.
  — Joyce Falcone, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2023
• Her intimate life-size drawings of Black sitters are spellbinding in their ability to be both affectionate and empowering.
  — Kadish Morris, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
• For the women in the Panther Arena, clearly touched by spellbinding talent and inspiring optimism, Ledisi herself Saturday was that mirror.
  — Journal Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2023
• The clandestine life of Carlos, neither really there nor ever elsewhere, is richly translated by the spellbinding poetic music of Louis Jucker.
  — Trinidad Barleycorn, Variety, 23 Apr. 2023
• The implications are obvious, the action spellbinding, the characters perfect.
  — Dorothy Rabinowitz, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2018

Last Updated: 8 Aug 2024