FASCINATE in a Sentence

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Newspapers are simply responding to the eternal fascination of their readers with the private lives of the rich and famous.

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 Meanings and Examples of FASCINATE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
fascinate
 v.  cause to be interested or curious; interest someone a lot; captivate
Classic Sentence: (121 in 9 pages)
1  It's a pity there's no one for him to fascinate here though.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
2  To fluff out her curls, put on fashionable dresses, and sing romantic songs to fascinate her husband would have seemed as strange as to adorn herself to attract herself.
War and Peace 6 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 16: CHAPTER X
3  He watched it as though it were a thing that could fascinate and make afraid, as though it held something that he longed for and yet almost loathed.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 15
4  Milady looked at him for some time with an expression which the young man took for doubt, but which, however, was nothing but observation, or rather the wish to fascinate.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 55 CAPTIVITY: THE FOURTH DAY
5  I wish I could put down all he said exactly as he said it, for to me it was most fascinating.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
6  And yet it is this very obliquity of thought and memory which makes mental disease such a fascinating study.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
7  One's own soul, and the passions of one's friends--those were the fascinating things in life.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1
8  There was something in his low languid voice that was absolutely fascinating.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
9  There was something fascinating in this son of love and death.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
10  But inferior poets are absolutely fascinating.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
11  They flaunt their conjugal felicity in one's face, as if it were the most fascinating of sins.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8
12  Society--civilized society, at least--is never very ready to believe anything to the detriment of those who are both rich and fascinating.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11
13  To him, as to many others, Dorian Gray was the type of everything that is wonderful and fascinating in life.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 14
14  It sounds a fascinating theory, she murmured, as she swept out of the room.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 15
15  Such transfigurations have been achieved by hundreds of resolutely ambitious young women since Nell Gwynne set them the example by playing queens and fascinating kings in the theatre in which she began by selling oranges.
Pygmalion By George Bernard Shaw
Context  Highlight   In ACT V
Example Sentence: (35 in 3 pages)
16  Her reminiscence of her summer experience is so fascinating that she ought to write a book.
17  His hobby proved to be so fascinating and profitable that gradually he abandoned his regular occupation and concentrated on his avocation.
18  At the west end of the Centre Block, the House of Commons Chamber and its foyer present a fascinating blend of stateliness and vibrancy.
19  People found a new source of entertainment while peering through the kaleidoscope; they found the ever-changing patterns fascinating.
20  Alex has written a fascinating article about a possible forefather of the web.
21  Nelems says she finds it fascinating that the lack of empathy in society has been foisted onto young people and is being seen as a generational issue.
22  The shopping center has a fascination for him.
23  The city has a fascination for him.
24  The fascination of the game lies in trying to guess what your opponent is thinking.
25  Newspapers are simply responding to the eternal fascination of their readers with the private lives of the rich and famous.
26  His letters have been a source of fascination to a wide audience.
27  Seeing over a thousand species of fish is part of the fascination of the reef.
28  The continuing fascination for World War Two among TV executives was shown in two awards.
29  I had a theoretical reverence and homage for beauty, elegance, gallantry, fascination.
30  "Wild" may be a misnomer. The malicious starting of fires is as old as the human fascination with flame and many of the fires may be directly or indirectly caused by humans.