How to Use spellbind in a Sentence

spellbind

verb

• It’s as spellbinding in its way as the stunts the cast pulls off during the rest of the show.
  — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2018
• But then the two boys watch the spellbinding Tashi grunt her way to her own juniors title.
  — Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 26 Apr. 2024
• But in one of the most improbable, spellbinding places in the world, hotels are part of the city's fabric.
  — Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2024
• The finale of the match comes down to the single, spellbinding move that gives the film its title: one hand, five curved fingers clutching the crown of the opponent’s head as though for dear life.
  — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2023
• Dress as the Sanderson sisters from Hocus Pocus, and your trio will have everyone spellbound.
  — Naydeline Mejia, Women's Health, 3 Aug. 2023
• What spellbound them—in one way or another—was the making of a Broadway diva before them.
  — Michael Appler, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
• And all of it is held together by a simple but spellbinding melodic lilt.
  — Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2024
• Whether his fight with the Mouse House will end in a spellbinding triumph or an embarrassing failure, Peltz has dug in.
  — Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
• Any child who has ever been spellbound by these swooping, looping formations will delight in this book, told from the birds’ point of view.
  — New York Times, 24 May 2023
• Bey's portraits—and the subjects within—coolly spellbind the senses.
  — Jason Parham, WIRED, 27 June 2019
• Like the solar eclipse that spellbound Americans in August last year, a lunar eclipse occurs when the moon, Earth, and sun exactly align.
  — Mika McKinnon, Smithsonian, 26 Jan. 2018
• Fortunately for us, aya’s bad days yield results that are at once spellbinding and laugh-out-loud funny.
  — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 22 Aug. 2023
• In person, the image is spellbinding and compelling, a short story unto itself.
  — Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• Stella Tennant, who dropped by for a cocktail, was clearly spellbound by their handiwork.
  — Vogue, 5 Mar. 2019
• The book is spellbinding, but Winterson herself has been an ongoing force.
  — June Thomas, New York Times, 16 June 2023
• The one with witches, crofters, kings, underground halls, tree stumps, princesses no one can spellbind, stepmothers and poor women, mountain pastures and rugged blue peaks.
  — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
• Stretching across Chile and Argentina, Patagonia has long lured travelers with storied peaks and spellbinding landscapes to what is very nearly the end of the world.
  — Nora Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2023
• After the performance, a spellbinding light show transformed the iconic New York City building into a canvas of vivid colors.
  — Maia Torres, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2023
• And as anyone who has seen the sublime new production of the show by Actors’ Playhouse in Coral Gables would tell you, the musical’s spellbinding pull is as powerful as ever.
  — Christine Dolen, miamiherald, 5 Mar. 2018
• The effect is particularly spellbinding on a pair of statement earrings, lending a soft halo to guava rose quartz orbs that appear to float in midair.
  — Chioma Nnadi, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2018
• His general range of passing and his general control of games has been simply spellbinding.
  — SI.com, 1 May 2018
• Equal parts summer kiss-off and chill breakup anthem, the song sees the K-pop stars experimenting outside of their spellbinding universe to dabble in tropical house vibes.
  — Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 21 Aug. 2023
• In Mexico's Central Highlands one of the planet's most spellbinding wildlife events unfolds: the yearly migration of the monarch butterfly.
  — Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
• Then Jeff Beck’s contribution arrived and that was spellbinding.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2024
• Bonus points if your costume and candy selection are equally spellbinding.
  — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 31 July 2023
• Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial seemed less than spellbinding by L.A. standards.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2023
• Even everyone’s favorite witch — Hermione Granger — was there to witness some seriously spellbinding shots first-hand.
  — Claire Harmeyer, Peoplemag, 18 July 2023
• Fine sand beaches fade into blue waters, towering cliffs rise from the sea, verdant vegetation covers the mountain peaks, and scenic hiking trails wind through the spellbinding scenery.
  — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2023
• Audiences have long been spellbound by murder houses, as evidenced by the number of cult favorite TV shows and box office hits centered around places where the unthinkable happened.
  — Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 25 June 2024
• An image of close but alien nature forever struggling to connect and transmogrify, its pathos is spellbinding.
  — Christopher Knight, latimes.com, 9 Oct. 2017

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024