enthrall

variants or enthral

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Recent Examples of enthrall 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 Vance's pugilistic speech at the Munich Security Conference offended many European leaders — but enthralled Republicans back home who liked the tough talk. Marc Caputo, Axios, 18 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for enthrall
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enthrall
Verb
  • The writer was fascinated with sharks after spotting them during childhood fishing trips with his father on Nantucket.
    Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 20 June 2025
  • That stuff about the Gunn Mummy fascinates me though.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • Gallo California Chardonnay California in a bottle, this budget-friendly Gallo California Chardonnay is crafted to please a wide range of palates.
    Chelsea Frank, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
  • Is Huda self-absorbed, overdramatic, extremely volatile, overly obsessed with traditional gender roles, and impossible to please?
    Shannon Keating, Vulture, 19 June 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
  • Andy Robertson has occupied that position in the Liverpool lineup for the last eight years.
    Graham Ruthven, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Verb
  • 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 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
  • 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
Verb
  • Originally premiering at Venice in 2023, the film opened in American movie theaters on June 13 as Israel attacked Iran, starting a war — also involving the U.S. — that now appears to have been halted by a fragile truce.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 24 June 2025
  • There should be a desire to be involved in your community, in your state, in helping others be better people.
    Juana Summers, NPR, 24 June 2025
Verb
  • Even after all this time, Mark Hamill’s still got the kids enraptured.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 16 June 2025
  • Its a sandwich resplendent in its restraint, the three ingredients each allowed to enrapture your senses.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025
Verb
  • Hall also got into bits and pieces of 19 games with the Nuggets, totaling just 114 minutes, but his G League sample is the part that intrigues.
    John Hollinger, New York Times, 20 June 2025
  • What intrigued you about those existential questions at play here?
    Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025

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“Enthrall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enthrall. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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