How to Use spellbound in a Sentence

spellbound

adjective

• The children were spellbound by the puppet show.
• She's a storyteller that will hold you spellbound.
• But for the many children and teens spellbound by the scene, the vintage train layout is a cool new thing.
  — Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
• A week on the Amalfi Coast will leave your teenage kids spellbound and not wanting to come home.
  — Liz Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2021
• On April 8, a woman whose face was covered by a burqa came to the stage and told her story to the spellbound crowd.
  — Pamela Constable and Haq Nawaz Khan, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2018
• For those few moments, Rankin was surely the most spellbound person in the room.
  — Zachary Lewis, cleveland.com, 12 May 2017
• And Meghan Picerno is flawless as the spellbound Christine.
  — Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 Mar. 2018
• Thousands sat spellbound and quiet, not only in the Fiesta grounds, but all around the bay as the sky was lighted by the display.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2019
• But was also horrified and spellbound by Brothers Grimm: Goose girl gave me goose bumps.
  — New York Times, 19 Oct. 2017
• But even among this spellbound crowd, Jon and Susan Brewster are supernovas.
  — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 15 Aug. 2017
• Fordjour was spellbound by Clark’s words, but also unnerved.
  — New York Times, 8 July 2022
• While a silent curtain call might disappoint actors, the dogs' spellbound stillness is a great sign for their future handlers.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 20 Aug. 2019
• The audience can look forward to seeing their favourite stars don new and intriguing characters that will leave them spellbound.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Dec. 2021
• The society suggests that children attend in costume and prepare to be spellbound.
  — New York Times, 15 Oct. 2020
• Some people pull as a way to cope with negative emotions, but others, like me, fall into a spellbound state where our hands, decoupled from our minds, scan for the next oddly textured hair to pull.
  — Kimi Vesel, SELF, 7 Oct. 2017
• Television viewers worldwide were spellbound for the hour-long live chase, and thousands more people lined freeways and overpasses to cheer as Simpson passed in a white Bronco.
  — Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2021
• Readers interested in theater and movies will be spellbound.
  — Terry W. Hartle, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Dec. 2020
• Under Oberon’s spell, Bottom is suddenly turned into a donkey — and seduced by the equally spellbound Titania.
  — Misha Berson, The Seattle Times, 12 May 2017
• The fervent fan reaction proved Lamar’s command of the audience even before materializing, with the subtlest of movements from dancers, down to the twist of a finger, enticing waves of spellbound cheers from the sea of onlookers.
  — Neena Rouhani, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2022
• And the bewitched fairy queen Titania and pompous actor Bottom, who Puck temporarily transforms into a donkey, exhibit their spellbound attraction with a wacky twerk-and-grind dance.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2022
• Witches are having a moment, so a trip to this spellbound Massachusetts village feels especially timely in 2017.
  — Corbin Chamberlin, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2017
• Bullock shows up at a black-tie benefit looking absolutely beautiful, and Grant is clearly spellbound.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 12 Mar. 2021
• Coach Camila Cabello was spellbound by Cardona’s commanding stage presence.
  — Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2022
• Scenes of everyday life, beautifully delineated, repeatedly conjure up a shimmering present in which we are held spellbound.
  — Anna Mundow, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 5 Oct 2024