fascinate
verb (used with object)
to attract and hold attentively by a unique power, personal charm, unusual nature, or some other special quality; enthrall.
were fascinating
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past progressiveof fascinate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Another factor is “just having extreme social anxiety for a long, long time. People were fascinating to me, but also scary. I would kind of clam up around people because my brain would short-circuit.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2024
The sharks themselves were fascinating creatures, Babcock said.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2024
They were fascinating like a nature documentary, but that was all; Remi had no emotional relationship to the end times.
From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2024
The audience in the room with us were fascinating; among them the most powerful people in the British electorate.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2022
Brian Cochran added the totals again and again, toying with them, playing with them, as if he were a juggler and they were fascinating figures of delight.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
