as in to fascinate
to hold the attention of as if by a spell
the tale about pirates and their buried treasure had completely spellbound the children
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Most of the recipients dismissed the composer as a crank, but a few were spellbound by his transcendentalist conjurations, and a cult began to grow.
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Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Their Argentine tango was, as Tonioli said, spellbinding.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024
Those in attendance were spellbound by Children's Songs Dance, a pas de deux performed by Isabella Boylston and James Whiteside, and an emotive excerpt from Sinatra Suite, performed against a set of glittering bronze lights by Cassandra Trenary and Herman Cornejo.
—Freya Drohan, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024
His portrait of Representative Bobby Rush, the former Black Panther who defeated Obama in a congressional primary, is particularly sharp; his take on Jeremiah Wright, the spellbinding preacher who built the church in which Obama found his faith, although good, leaves readers wanting more.
—Walter Russell Mead, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2010
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Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Their Argentine tango was, as Tonioli said, spellbinding.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024
Those in attendance were spellbound by Children's Songs Dance, a pas de deux performed by Isabella Boylston and James Whiteside, and an emotive excerpt from Sinatra Suite, performed against a set of glittering bronze lights by Cassandra Trenary and Herman Cornejo.
—Freya Drohan, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024
His portrait of Representative Bobby Rush, the former Black Panther who defeated Obama in a congressional primary, is particularly sharp; his take on Jeremiah Wright, the spellbinding preacher who built the church in which Obama found his faith, although good, leaves readers wanting more.
—Walter Russell Mead, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2010
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