spellbound - use in sentences

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • hold: For fifty years, Peter Brook's opera, stage, and film productions have held audiences spellbound.

Modifies a noun

  • audience: An acknowledged top class photographer, his slide shows were enthusiastically received by a spellbound audience.
  • recording: Spellbound MP3 music download Size: 3 kb; Last updated 28 Oct 2005 Spellbound Irish recording for download.
  • child: Seated on a log in a small dell she was surrounded by a crowd of spellbound children listening to her tales.

Used with adjective complement

  • sit: Children adore her and sit spellbound as she performs her magic.
  • hold: This time I was held spellbound for two hours.
  • stand: It was a scene brilliant enough to fascinate anyone, and the two eggs stood spellbound while their eyes feasted upon the unusual sight.
  • become: I stumbled across it by chance and became completely spellbound - I read it from start to finish in a period of 24hrs!

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