fascinates

present tense third-person singular of fascinate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of fascinates Is there one that particularly fascinates you? Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
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Verb
  • With showy wine-red blossoms that perfume the garden with the distinctive aromas of chocolate and vanilla from mid-summer through fall, chocolate cosmos entices butterflies and curious gardeners alike.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The structure is illustrated below, with one player positioned on the byline and another level with the penalty area to form a triangle that entices opponents out to defend.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • At the very least, the prospect of doing more with younger Ed and Lorraine intrigues the performers.
    EW.com, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • There’s something about childhood and adolescence — and the wounds that form during those years, which in some way stay with us for life — that really intrigues me.
    Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Inspired by the tradition of the divine feminine, the energetic space captivates with colors, abstract wall art and a goddess sculpture done by the dynamic sister artist duo’s mother.
    Spencer Whaley, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Actress and filmmaker Zoë Kravitz captivates as Yvonne in Darren Aronofsky’s (Black Swan, The Whale) latest homerun of a film, Caught Stealing.
    Malik Peay, Essence, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • While airborne, the dancer crosses his legs in the air twice before landing, a feat that thrills ballet enthusiasts who are known to burst into applause at its conclusion.
    Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Both men are doing stuff that keeps them occupied, interests them on some level and pays the bills, but doesn’t consume their every waking thought.
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Don’t be pushy, show your gratitude, be open-minded, smile, greet people by their first name, learn what interests them and, most of all, have a sense of humor.
    Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.
    Vanessa Bates Ramirez, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2025
  • His general advice to people attempting to craft humane, precise, and literate prose has scarcely aged, and his own bracing style still informs and delights.
    Ben Yagoda, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The novel immerses the reader in the world of a Carpathian village in the 1970s, where the main character Darusya lives, whom the locals consider mute and mentally retarded due to attacks of headaches, although none of them guesses the true reasons for her behavior and defiance.
    Nelly Klos September 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Jenkins studies technique, invests in equipment, and immerses himself in the craft.
    John Armwood III, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Continue reading … ON THE RUN – Fear grips major US city as accused teen killer escapes in jail error.
    , FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The latest such exchange – from a reader in Australia, too far for a pint – related to the looming fiscal catastrophe that uniquely grips most of the major G7 economies and China.
    Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025

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“Fascinates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fascinates. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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