enthralled
captivated or charmed: When I watched Star Wars for the first time as a child, I was absolutely enthralled and enraptured.
held in slavery or subjection to some person, group, or thing; subjugated: I am unsettled by a world where entertainment is only given by someone else and you must be enthralled to it.
the simple past tense and past participle of enthrall.
Origin of enthralled
1- Rarely in·thralled .
Words Nearby enthralled
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How to use enthralled in a sentence
Two years later, brands don’t seem enthralled with Checkout, preferring to route customers directly to their own websites.
“The bigger brands want the traffic”: Marketers still aren’t wowed by Instagram Checkout | Erika Wheless | March 3, 2021 | DigidayAfter moving to California at age 12, he happened upon the theater district and became enthralled by dance.
‘Ailey’ Gives Audiences A Glimpse Of the Renowned Choreographer Who Infused Memory Into Movement | Brande Victorian | February 1, 2021 | Essence.comFinally, I found him up in the clubhouse with everybody around him enthralled.
Satchel Paige was one of baseball’s best. It didn’t take an announcement to know that. | Thomas M. Boswell | December 18, 2020 | Washington PostHip-hop in particular is a language that holds sway on a global scale, similar to the way that jazz enthralled Paris in the 1920s.
Andy was enthralled by Lucia’s stories of her recent trip to Spain.
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While there, Hockney became not only enthralled by Chinese drawing materials but also techniques.
Apparently, tech world is no longer enthralled by the promise that was Obama.
He continues to be enthralled not so much by Earhart as by the process of determining what exactly befell her and her aircraft.
His fights were major events that held New York and the entire country enthralled.
I read Rabbit, Run at 23 years old, and I remain as enthralled now with the book as I was then.
They had no time to wonder how he came to know so much, for he held their minds completely enthralled.
Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange KiellandWeary as she was, the imminence of disaster at first fascinated—then enthralled her.
The Secret Witness | George GibbsThis story enthralled little Pen, who at fourteen was almost bowled over by the thought that some day Sara might be a duke.
Still Jim | Honor Willsie MorrowFor half an hour they stood enthralled by the scene, then they turned up the river, walking along its bank.
The Gaunt Gray Wolf | Dillon WallaceHer voluble confidences had enthralled him, and her reference of this matter to his judgment was enormously flattering.
A Reversible Santa Claus | Meredith Nicholson
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