spellbind

Object

• audience: He scanned the audience in two seconds, then launched into a personal reminiscence that had the audience spellbound for 40 minutes.
• adventure: Join Jason, Sir Lancelot, the Pharaoh, Hiawatha or Rama on a spellbinding adventure across five locations.
• tale: The joys and tragedy of his own life find their way onto the page in a moving, witty and spellbinding tale.
• crowd: The day's opening encounter held the British GT/F3 crowd spellbound as a 10-car train dueled for the lead throughout the opening laps.
• performance: A spellbinding promenade performance through the historic streets of Oxford will bring the year to an end.
• story: Located in the historic former Cambrian Mills, the Museum is a special place with a spellbinding story to tell.

Subject

• beauty: From the first page, you will be spellbound by the pure beauty of the DK specially commissioned photographs.
• magic: Time spent here will surely leave you spellbound by the magic of Scotland.

Modifying Another Word

• absolutely: Little grandson, whom we both expected to lose interest after about half an hour sat for the full two hours absolutely spellbound.
• totally: MORE » Time Flies for Ms Wiz Every time I pick up a Ms Wiz, I'm totally spellbound.
• truly: Beijing is truly spellbinding including the magnificent Temple of Heaven.
• so: The ultimate panorama awaits on the elevated 4th tee, so spellbinding that golfers can hardly keep their eyes on the ball.
• completely: The sheer magnetic attraction extruded by the diminutive 10 bore, the bigger 8 bore or massive 4 bore is completely spellbinding.
• all: They were all spellbound by the place, and one couple even described the day as one of the best of their lives.

Used with why or when

• when: I confess to being spellbound when I stand outside on a starry night and simply gaze upwards.

Preposition: from

• start: All the presenters were from New York, and I was spellbound from the start.

Preposition: for

• hour: Our Magician kept the children spellbound for an hour with an array of tricks, many of which were antiques!
• duration: The audience remained spellbound for the duration of his talk.

Preposition: by

• beauty: From the first page, you will be spellbound by the pure beauty of the DK specially commissioned photographs.
• magic: Time spent here will surely leave you spellbound by the magic of Scotland.