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He spied in their ambition, in their enthralment with the capacities of computers, the wide-eyed heedlessness that remains Silicon Valley’s Achilles heel.

From Nature • Sep. 15, 2020

To most it has been merely a pretty conceit or an effective spectacle; to the close student it is an absorbing picture of the enthralment of human energies.

From Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 by Morford, Henry

How must it feel to live such a life—to be constantly surrounded and accompanied by an atmosphere of devotion and enthralment such as that letter had expressed?

From Dorothy and other Italian Stories by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

A long-drawn inspiration at length relieved him from this enthralment of the mind, and he began to analyze the parts of this vast panorama.

From The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West by Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de

The others sat in wordless enthralment as Pete stood pat and the dealer, with a smile, laid down the pack untouched.

From The Fifth Ace by Gage, George W.