enthralment
- a word derived from enthral.
Example Sentences
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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
Here the Viking Harold is less wrecked by temptation than by circumstance; but the result of the enthralment is the same.
From Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 by Morford, Henry
Her father's contempt for his daughter, her mother's affectionate bewilderment, Shubin's petulant criticism, Bersenyev's half hearted enthralment, Insarov's recognition, and Zoya's indifference, being the facets for converging light on Elena's sincerity and depth of soul.
From On the Eve by Garnett, Constance
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
He awakened from that lost moment of enthralment to the pang and the shock of self-discovery, and to the knowledge that somebody was hailing him by name from the top of the ladder.
From The Dop Doctor by Dehan, Richard