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Meanings of captivating in English
Capturing interest as if by a spell.
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Synonyms
Examples for "fascinating"
Examples for "fascinating"
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The coming year should be a fascinating one for the technology industry.
2
The fascinating recordings will help in the development of future x-ray technology.
3
I find this question really fascinating in the context of human identity.
4
It is the most fascinating thing in the world; Love not excepted.
5
The best examples age for decades, taking on complex and fascinating flavours.
1
The park was enchanting, and the many buildings in it most interesting.
2
In society she was dull; for her husband alone she was enchanting.
3
Still, the idea was enchanting: the Great Western made a delightful cover-hack.
4
The long summer holidays of 1861 were set in an enchanting brightness.
5
Only once in fifty years have I beheld a scene so enchanting.
1
She looked bewitching; the old lady had the lunch-basket on her arm.
2
The poor child made her little speech in the most bewitching way.
3
She sang one bewitching barcarole that set the house in rocking motion.
4
He felt almost afraid, in his great admiration of the bewitching stranger.
5
And Buster soon learned that the bewitching sound came from the sawing.
1
He'd heard men with endowments of Voice speak in debates, enthralling audiences.
2
It was really enthralling and the rhyming element really added to it.
3
However when Pietersen is wary his batting is still enthralling to watch.
4
This was combustible, breathless and blisteringly competitive and therefore enthralling to behold.
5
A painfully enthralling, fiercely feminist account of emotional abuse and appropriate rage.
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To the chance summer visitor the seclusion and the rest seem entrancing.
2
That entrancing glance through the windows of the world was refused us.
3
The more circumscribed became her state, the more entrancing seemed this other.
4
And here is a new entrancing counter-tune above that crowns the joy.
5
Then you have to make the acquaintance of many entrancing beauties yet.
Usage of captivating in English
1
However, her impeccable comic timing and captivating stage presence carry the day.
2
The artwork is captivating; Bradford makes great use of shadows and silhouettes.
3
Here are some of the most captivating houses in cinematic history: 1.
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However, 1540 spectators still turned up to witness the captivating arm wrestle.
5
They are persuasive moralists, captivating story-tellers; they rouse the appetite for good.
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You will tell me that I am adorable; everything that is captivating.
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The climb is captivating, each move a new puzzle to methodically solve.
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Singles especially may find that they're drawn to a rather captivating individual!
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Those shops were so captivating for a teen looking for some trouble.
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More handsome than ever, so captivating she could hardly contain her joy.
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This book tells the story of Cromwell's life in a captivating way.
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A school-song set to a captivating waltz-lilt record the charms of Ducker.
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This internalising quality is for me what makes the album so captivating.
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The captivating, dreamy, erotic My Summer of Love helped discover Emily Blunt.
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He helped us get Hubert Humphrey, who came down and was captivating.
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The maturity at play during their set in the Church was captivating.
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Ireland
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
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