half-fascinated
- a word derived from fascinated.
Example Sentences
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"No, thank you," said Stephen, looking still into the half-unwilling, half-fascinated eyes, as a thirsty man looks toward the track of the distant brook.
From The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George
She had been listening half-fascinated, conscious of the spell of his personality, thrilled by the passionate tones of his deep, musical voice, but she broke the spell and recovered herself in an instant.
From Bandit Love by Savage, Juanita
I looked round like a half-fascinated beast, and I caught the eye again of the man on my left.
From A Tramp's Notebook by Roberts, Morley
“Dat shutter’s bin dere twenty-five years,” reiterated the old man solemnly, still looking at it in a half-fascinated, half-apprehensive way.
From The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery or, The Christmas Adventure at Carver House by Frey, Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude)
"What have you learnt?" she asked in a low voice, half-fascinated by the danger into which she knew that she was running.
From With Edged Tools by Merriman, Henry Seton
