Thesaurus results for SPELLBIND

spellbind

verb

ˈspel-ˌbīnd

as in to fascinate

to hold the attention of as if by a spell the tale about pirates and their buried treasure had completely spellbound the children

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Recent Examples of spellbind That group includes Adeline Hotel frontman Dan Knishkowy, who plays guitar on West’s spellbinding second album, Silent Century. —

Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 3 Mar. 2026 The panorama from my island summit is spellbinding. —

Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2026 McRae leveled up like few other pop artists in 2025, realizing her full star potential in spellbinding fashion across various singles, albums and performances — and proving pop still had a place in its center for the daughters of Britney and Xtina. —

Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 22 Jan. 2026 Experiencing the Valley of the Kings, the Avenue of Sphinxes, and the Colossi of Memnon beneath a spellbinding ring of light promises to be one of the most sublime journeys imaginable. —

Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for spellbind

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Part of what fascinated me about their presentation was not only their refusal to kowtow to male desire, which for decades had a stranglehold on rock aesthetics, but a concomitant disavowal of commercialism.

— Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Princess Kate, 44, previously revealed that all of her children are fascinated by planes and other aircraft.

— Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026