entrancing

[ en-tran-sing, -trahn- ]

See synonyms for: entrancing entrancingly on Thesaurus.com

adjective

Origin of entrancing

First recorded in 1835–45; entrance² + -ing²

The ultra-sharp images of galaxy-speckled skies and cloudlike nebulae are entrancing, a look literally millions of years into the past.
Check Out the Milky Way with These Scenic Stargazing Hikes | POM Administrator | July 24, 2022 | Outside Online
Hello Future by Farah Al Qasimi, CapriciousHello Future is an entrancing collection of observations from Farah Al Qasimi’s photographic, performance and film practice.
TIME's 20 Best Photobooks of 2021 | TIME Photo Department | December 22, 2021 | Time
Regardless of its origins, the bubble is as entrancing as ever.
Hubble imaged a ‘superbubble’ floating in space | Margo Milanowski | November 5, 2021 | Popular-Science
“Kirtan” is still an entrancing listen, an intimate glimpse of an artist whose greatness has only just been acknowledged in this world.
Alice Coltrane is finally heralded as a jazz great. A new reissue doesn’t do her justice. | Andy Beta | July 9, 2021 | Washington Post
The first sculpture I saw, after a five- or 10-minute hike through the woods, was one of three entrancing pieces by Haegue Yang, a South Korean artist who has fabricated upright, disc-like forms made from light gray, corrugated soapstone.
Sculpture parks are a great way to see art during a pandemic. Here’s why some are better than others. | Sebastian Smee | February 11, 2021 | Washington Post

The steady, entrancing rhythms are a well-established motif in dramatizations of the American war in Vietnam.
A Different Kind of Vietnam Story | J.T. Price | October 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Its emotional core is also sure, and serious, entrancing and relatively dark.
Teju Cole’s Keen Eye Spares No One—Himself Included | Benjamin Lytal | July 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The war is an entrancing possibility, but not yet a reality, and it remains that way throughout the novel.
American Dreams: 'A Time to Be Born' by Dawn Powell | Nathaniel Rich | May 25, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Never had the music sounded so entrancing; never had her own feet felt so light.
The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch | Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
A large five-light stained glass window occupies the chancel end; but there is nothing very entrancing in its appearance.
Our Churches and Chapels | Atticus
Music filled the air with entrancing strains, wooing light feet to the giddy dance.
A Dreadful Temptation | Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller
Pardon me, I kept you on the floor too long; but your step was so perfect, the music so entrancing, I forgot myself.
A Dreadful Temptation | Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller
And suddenly Edward Henry recognized in her the entrancing creature of fifteen years ago!
The Regent | E. Arnold Bennett

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