FASCINATING 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 FASCINATING
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
fascinating
 a.  capable of arousing and holding the attention
Classic Sentence: (121 in 9 pages)
1  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
2  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
3  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
4  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
5  There was something fascinating in this son of love and death.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
6  But inferior poets are absolutely fascinating.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
7  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
8  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
9  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
10  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
11  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
12  She had the most delightful little voice, the gayest little laugh, the pleasantest and most fascinating little ways, that ever led a lost youth into hopeless slavery.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 26. I FALL INTO CAPTIVITY
13  It was as if I had seen Dora, in all her fascinating artlessness, caressing Agnes, and thanking her, and coaxingly appealing against me, and loving me with all her childish innocence.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 39. WICKFIELD AND HEEP
14  Very wealthy, clever, of aristocratic family, on the highroad to a brilliant career in the army and at court, and a fascinating man.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 12
15  "Yes, there is something uncanny, devilish and fascinating in her," Kitty said to herself.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 23
Example Sentence: (35 in 3 pages)
16  At the west end of the Centre Block, the House of Commons Chamber and its foyer present a fascinating blend of stateliness and vibrancy.
17  People found a new source of entertainment while peering through the kaleidoscope; they found the ever-changing patterns fascinating.
18  Alex has written a fascinating article about a possible forefather of the web.
19  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.
20  The shopping center has a fascination for him.
21  The city has a fascination for him.
22  The fascination of the game lies in trying to guess what your opponent is thinking.
23  Newspapers are simply responding to the eternal fascination of their readers with the private lives of the rich and famous.
24  His letters have been a source of fascination to a wide audience.
25  Seeing over a thousand species of fish is part of the fascination of the reef.
26  The continuing fascination for World War Two among TV executives was shown in two awards.
27  I had a theoretical reverence and homage for beauty, elegance, gallantry, fascination.
28  "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.
29  I was fascinated by her voice.
30  The children were fascinated by the toys in the big department store.