enthrall

variants or enthral

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Recent Examples of enthrall The Spartans’ meteoric rise continues to enthrall and impress the gymnastics community. Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025 Her voice carries an enchanting charm, revealing its rich, multifaceted nuances, while her acting skills effortlessly enthrall audiences of all ages. Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 16 Mar. 2025 For 10 years, various writers and directors took a swing adapting Minecraft, the Swedish video game that enthralls children, who apparently yearn for the mines. Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2025 To that point, Witt has enthralled Royals fans since bursting onto the scene via the 2019 MLB Draft. Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for enthrall
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enthrall
Verb
  • Long fascinated by the moa, Jackson and Walsh have been collecting bones of the extinct bird for years.
    Degen Pener, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
  • Michael Karin has long been fascinated by what happens when inflammation — ideally a short-term burst of biological activity to promote healing or fight infection — turns chronic and potentially deadly.
    Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2025
Verb
  • Then the governor, seemingly trying to please the president, vetoed laws that assist Floridians in survival mode.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 July 2025
  • Two tiebreaking runs scored, a fact that pleased Altuve far more than another milestone in a career full of them.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 4 July 2025
Verb
  • These words, which fill a popular meme set against the profile of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., occupy our thoughts.
    Michael Pfleger, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
  • Both occupy lots between Barack Obama Boulevard and South Montgomery Street south of SAP Center.
    Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 28 June 2025
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  • The screenplay loses its way at the end but kids and adults will be enchanted by the inventive, eccentric characters and the rich animation.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 27 June 2025
  • No longer interested in enchanting us, the filmmaker puts his audience through the wringer, and his kick-ass mentality is well-served by star Tom Cruise, who lives for these sorts of full-throttle roles.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 20 June 2025
Verb
  • The combination of microservices with edge computing CDNs and micro frontends creates a robust application development framework that enables fast, resilient and scalable applications that delight users while driving business expansion.
    Raju Dandigam, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • The sequel has plenty of the same horror-comedy elements that delighted audiences a couple years ago, but there’s also a major action upgrade that resembles the paths that Aliens and Terminator 2: Judgment Day took from their predecessors.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 20 June 2025
Verb
  • His remarks came amid UniCredit's high-profile attempts to expand its European footprint through potential merger deals involving Commerzbank and Banco BPM, efforts that have faced pushback from national governments.
    Spriha Srivastava, CNBC, 6 July 2025
  • With many genetic players involved, scientists are still piecing together the full score.
    Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 6 July 2025
Verb
  • My heroes weren’t wandering poets enraptured with the sea.
    James Rebanks June 26, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
  • Related Stories The Movies That Have Made More Than $1 Billion At The Box Office How ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Defied Expectations To Become A Box Office Block-Buster Charlie is a happily married and devoted CIA analyst, enraptured by his data and cyber skills at his desk at Langley.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • There are dozens of other items that may intrigue, plus old photos that enhance the presentation.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 June 2025
  • But what intrigues me about Johnstone are the jokes that barely involve M3GAN at all.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025

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“Enthrall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enthrall. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

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