Example Sentences

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And suddenly at noon the call to prayer arises, whose plangent cadence, relayed from minaret to minaret, had entranced me all those years ago.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2017

Batman, the comic-strip blockbuster of 1989, had entranced moviegoers with its dark, brooding take on urban corruption.

From Time Magazine Archive

The riddle that entranced Sigmund Freud was the same that had entranced man through the ages�What am I?

From Time Magazine Archive

Whose shining, polished surface had entranced Pearl with her own reflection.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

At break of day, the genie appeared bringing back the bridegroom, whom he had entranced and left motionless outside the door of Aladdin's chamber during the night.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert