Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Southern Guild has brought together a captivatingly uncanny selection of works.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Julia Masli, the comic behind the captivatingly bizarre “ha ha ha ha ha ha ha,” may be from Estonia, but in clown genealogy she is a close relation to Andy Kaufman’s Latka.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025

The drive upon docking in Kingston also rates as practically supernatural, with the road winding through captivatingly picturesque farmland and the slightly Stepfordian yet highly charming old-timey village of Port Gamble.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 22, 2023

With this setup, and this cast, “On the Rocks” has all the makings of a classic Sofia Coppola movie, in which characters are set adrift amid a captivatingly hermetic environment.

From Washington Post • Oct. 6, 2020

Now, you know," said Mrs. Sohlberg, quaintly—very captivatingly, he thought, because she was so pretty—"at one time I thought I was going to be a great artist.

From The Titan by Dreiser, Theodore