How to Use spellbound in a Sentence

spellbound

adjective

• The children were spellbound by the puppet show.
• She's a storyteller that will hold you spellbound.
• The result was a strangely spellbound life.
  — Merve Emre, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
• But for the many children and teens spellbound by the scene, the vintage train layout is a cool new thing.
  — Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
• The town was spellbound over this horrific murders.
  — Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2026
• For those few moments, Rankin was surely the most spellbound person in the room.
  — Zachary Lewis, cleveland.com, 12 May 2017
• A week on the Amalfi Coast will leave your teenage kids spellbound and not wanting to come home.
  — Liz Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2021
• Children were left spellbound by Santa's presence – and presents.
  — Jaymi McCann, theweek, 19 Dec. 2024
• On April 8, a woman whose face was covered by a burqa came to the stage and told her story to the spellbound crowd.
  — Pamela Constable and Haq Nawaz Khan, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2018
• The audiences were spellbound, learning the ins and outs of Southern flour and the technique of a light touch.
  — Cynthia Graubart, Bon Appétit, 24 Jan. 2025
• While a silent curtain call might disappoint actors, the dogs' spellbound stillness is a great sign for their future handlers.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 20 Aug. 2019
• The society suggests that children attend in costume and prepare to be spellbound.
  — New York Times, 15 Oct. 2020
• Kingly legacy Isaacs was equally spellbound by the Zulu.
  — Adam L. Rovner, The Conversation, 31 Oct. 2025
• The audience can look forward to seeing their favourite stars don new and intriguing characters that will leave them spellbound.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Dec. 2021
• But even among this spellbound crowd, Jon and Susan Brewster are supernovas.
  — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 15 Aug. 2017
• Thousands sat spellbound and quiet, not only in the Fiesta grounds, but all around the bay as the sky was lighted by the display.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2019
• Yet even casual, low-adrenaline Arches visits can leave you spellbound.
  — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2025
• The waxing and waning of the substorm conditions fuel auroras all night, keeping us spellbound for hours.
  — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 17 Nov. 2025
• For four minutes, the spellbound crowds witnessed an event ancient humanity also had experienced.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
• Bullock shows up at a black-tie benefit looking absolutely beautiful, and Grant is clearly spellbound.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 12 Mar. 2021
• Television viewers worldwide were spellbound for the hour-long live chase, and thousands more people lined freeways and overpasses to cheer as Simpson passed in a white Bronco.
  — Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2021
• Scenes of everyday life, beautifully delineated, repeatedly conjure up a shimmering present in which we are held spellbound.
  — Anna Mundow, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022
• Coach Camila Cabello was spellbound by Cardona’s commanding stage presence.
  — Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2022
• Under Oberon’s spell, Bottom is suddenly turned into a donkey — and seduced by the equally spellbound Titania.
  — Misha Berson, The Seattle Times, 12 May 2017
• People who use generative AI are often spellbound that the AI seems to be correct and seemingly always on target.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
• Witches are having a moment, so a trip to this spellbound Massachusetts village feels especially timely in 2017.
  — Corbin Chamberlin, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2017
• Since the dawn of time, the romance of railways has seduced poets, spellbound novelists, and dealt directors the perfect hand for capturing fleeting friendships, illicit affairs, and all manner of crimes and capers.
  — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2024
• Since the dawn of time, the romance of railways has seduced poets, spellbound novelists, and dealt directors the perfect hand for capturing fleeting friendships, illicit affairs, and all manner of crimes and capers.
  — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026
• And the bewitched fairy queen Titania and pompous actor Bottom, who Puck temporarily transforms into a donkey, exhibit their spellbound attraction with a wacky twerk-and-grind dance.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2022
• The fervent fan reaction proved Lamar’s command of the audience even before materializing, with the subtlest of movements from dancers, down to the twist of a finger, enticing waves of spellbound cheers from the sea of onlookers.
  — Neena Rouhani, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2022