Definition of enthrall in English:
enthrall
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transitive verbtransitive verb enthralls, transitive verb enthralling, transitive verb enthralled
(also British enthral)
[with object]1Capture the fascinated attention of.
‘she had been so enthralled by the adventure that she had hardly noticed the cold’- ‘Still, she was pretty, and pretty seemed to be enough to enthrall Fabian's attention.’
- ‘On the way here, she had been enthralled, mesmerised, spellbound by the area.’
- ‘The story enthrals you from the first page to the last as the plot unravels at a speedy pace.’
- ‘She practiced religiously, gathered confidence, was enthralled by her new adventure.’
- ‘He could bring his stories to life and enthralled many with his memories from former times.’
- ‘Any reader would be enthralled by the story and find themselves rapidly taking it in.’
- ‘He can enthrall you with a story from his past, and knows the ways of the bush the way city people know the way home from work.’
- ‘From language tutorial CDs through rhymes and stories that enthral toddlers to CDs providing information on home improvement and interior design, the show screams assortment.’
- ‘The event promises to enthral the fraternity of adventure freaks, spectators and participants.’
- ‘It's not bad exposition, and it's enthralling in a ‘listening to the stories of an old school friend you've met at the pub’ kind of way.’
- ‘There are many stories of caddies that enthral and captivate but one of my favourites concerns the application of suitable nicknames by caddies to their peers.’
- ‘His conceit and awful orange hair will carry on enthralling a worldwide audience.’
- ‘Meanwhile, a steady stream of tourists question the participants, and are enthralled and delighted at the aims of the march.’
- ‘I love it when books engross and enthrall you like that.’
- ‘Our past is something which intrigues, enthrals and captivates us and if for no other reason, history is important because it is interesting to the vast majority of us.’
- ‘The result is about as enthralling a story as the life of an English professor can reasonably be.’
- ‘The older man would suddenly sit down and begin a story that would enthrall you so completely, you had no knowledge of the passing of time.’
- ‘But the eye is dazzled and enthralled by the super-massive black hole that lives deep within the core of the Milky Way.’
- ‘Our first reaction is enthralled delight, but then ominous overtones register.’
- ‘The grand finale brought a beguiled and enthralled audience to their feet for a standing ovation.’
captivate, charm, enchant, bewitch, fascinate, beguile, entrance, enrapture, delight, attract, allure, lurefascinating, entrancing, enchanting, bewitching, captivating, charming, beguiling, enrapturing- 1.1 archaic Enslave.sell into slavery, condemn to slavery, take away someone's human rights, disenfranchise, condemn to servitude
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