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enthralling
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
enthralling
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ During an enthralling series of Singles matches there were more fluctuations than on an average day on Wall Street.
▪ From there, they progressed to the enthralling problem of human and divine love.
▪ Harvest was a particularly enthralling experience.
▪ He did not have far to go to find an enthralling abundance of birds.
▪ It's the most enthralling house for children I've seen.
▪ It was an enthralling, unforgettable sight for a small, romantically minded boy.
▪ Leeds, producing another inspired display in an enthralling match, were denied by exceptional goalkeeping from Andy Goram.
▪ They meet at McDiarmid Park in what promises to be a most enthralling encounter.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
enthralling

enthralling \enthralling\ adj. 1. capturing interest as if by a spell; as, an enthralling book.

Syn: bewitching, captivating, enchanting, entrancing, fascinating.

Wiktionary
enthralling

  1. exciting v

  2. (present participle of enthrall English)

WordNet
enthralling

adj. capturing interest as if by a spell; "bewitching smile"; "Roosevelt was a captivating speaker"; "enchanting music"; "an enthralling book"; "antique papers of entrancing design"; "a fascinating woman" [syn: bewitching, captivating, enchanting, entrancing, fascinating]

enthral

  1. v. hold spellbound [syn: enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, delight] [ant: disenchant]

  2. [also: enthralling, enthralled]

enthralling

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Usage examples of "enthralling".

He was not, as the reader is well aware, without some experience of the supranormal side of nature, and he knew of course that the visit of this enthralling lady had a purpose.

More than the backgrounds and settings and mechanical props, it is the people who make novels vivid and enthralling.

I mean, don't get me wrong, all this chest-beating and me-boss batcrap is enthralling, really, but don't we have a murderer to catch?

Scattergood did what she could to induce her to walk out with her and take the air, but Judith felt herself quite unequal to it, and begged with so much earnestness to be left in solitude, that the good lady judged it wisest to humour her, and set off alone to try and find some new publication upon the shelves of the circulating library sufficient enthralling to distract even the most overwrought mind.

The Joy Machine was Timshels Pan, tootling enthralling music on its pipes but instilling unreasoned terror in those not yet under its spell.

The Joy Machine was Timshel’s Pan, tootling enthralling music on its pipes but instilling unreasoned terror in those not yet under its spell.

The new mathematical model that had emerged--a pattern for the future--was enthralling to contemplate, but the ideas already floated inside his head, and he was certain that double-checking the Prime Radiant wouldnt change anything.

The new mathematical model that had emerged--a pattern for the future--was enthralling to contemplate, but the ideas already floated inside his head, and he was certain that double-checking the Prime Radiant wouldn’.

The new mathematical model that had emerged-a pattern for the future-was enthralling to contemplate, but the ideas already floated inside his head, and he was certain that double-checking the Prime Radiant wouldn't change anything.

It was enthralling, demanding yet unfrightening, an experience of the senses.