spellbound
spellbound
Definition
spell·bound (-bo̵und′)
spellbound
Synonyms
spellbound
Usage Examples
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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