ENTHRALL in a Sentence

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Here he ended, and the guests sat all of them enthralled and speechless throughout the covered cloister.

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 Meanings and Examples of ENTHRALL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
enthrall
 v.  capture; attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence; hold in bondage or subjection
Classic Sentence:
1  Moreover, other ideas, much more enthralling, occupied his mind.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 32. The Waking.
2  After an interval of suspense on my part that was quite enthralling and almost painful, I saw his hand appear on the other side of Miss Skiffins.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXVII
3  There was something terribly enthralling in the exercise of influence.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
4  He had been always enthralled by the methods of natural science, but the ordinary subject-matter of that science had seemed to him trivial and of no import.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
5  I sat in the dingy box absolutely enthralled.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 6
6  This taste enthralled him for years, and, indeed, may be said never to have left him.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11
7  Here he ended, and the guests sat all of them enthralled and speechless throughout the covered cloister.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XI
8  Thus did he speak, and they all held their peace throughout the covered cloister, enthralled by the charm of his story, till presently Alcinous began to speak.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XIII
9  Her seductive voice, together with his great love for her, had enthralled his senses, had deprived him of every impulse but the longing to hold her and keep her.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXXVI
10  Even David was not reluctant to lend his ears to the tones of voices so sweet; and long ere the chant was ended, his gaze announced that his soul was enthralled.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 33
11  Holmes had shaken off his temporary ill-humour, and his characteristic talk, with its keen observance of detail and subtle power of inference held me amused and enthralled.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. The Adventure of The Resident Patient
12  We watch ourselves, and the mere wonder of the spectacle enthralls us.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8
Example Sentence:
1  From the moment he saw her picture, her beauty should enthrall him.
2  The baseball game completely enthralled the crowd.