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Examples of spellbound in a Sentence
The children were spellbound by the puppet show.
She's a storyteller that will hold you spellbound.
Recent Examples of spellbound from the Web
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Be spellbound and bedazzled by science fair winner presentations at the National Capital Astronomers meeting, held at the University of Maryland Observatory, College Park.
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Under Oberon’s spell, Bottom is suddenly turned into a donkey — and seduced by the equally spellbound Titania.
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For those few moments, Rankin was surely the most spellbound person in the room.
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First Known Use of spellbound
1785
SPELLBOUND Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of spellbound for English Language Learners
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: giving all of your attention and interest to something or someone
SPELLBOUND Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of spellbound for Students
: having the interest or attention held by or as if by magic power
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