How to Use spellbinding in a Sentence

spellbinding

adjective

• There are passages, such as the one below, where the patterns of the words on the page are spellbinding.
  — Jon Michaud, The New Yorker, 3 May 2017
• Don’t get me wrong: The texture of Blade Runner 2049 is spellbinding.
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 3 Oct. 2017
• So don your robes and gather your wizards and muggles and spend a spellbinding hour or two lost amongst the stalks.
  — Susan B. Barnes, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2017
• Attridge shouts in the clip moments after the whale makes its spellbinding leap.
  — Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2019
• This year’s contenders build on the past with spellbinding technique.
  — Jason Parham, WIRED, 12 July 2018
• There was not a peep during this spellbinding performance — even when all the lights went out.
  — Matthew J. Palm, OrlandoSentinel.com, 14 May 2018
• The costumes had to be spellbinding but functional, so the characters could pounce, kick, jab or simply glide across the room with ease.
  — Joy Sewing, Houston Chronicle, 27 May 2018
• The Last Face, the actor was lauded for his spellbinding adaptation of Jon Krakauer's survival tale.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2017
• The spellbinding piece is non-narrative, with no sense of beginning or end.
  — Andrea K. Scott, The New Yorker, 29 May 2017
• His rich, spellbinding, soulful voice had inspired her to become an opera singer.
  — Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2019
• In short, Let the Sunshine In is a unique, spellbinding work, worthy of comparison to Denis’s best films.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 29 Apr. 2018
• Last month at Wimbledon, Federer held match point against Djokovic in the fifth set of their spellbinding final.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 24 Aug. 2019
• Ireland, from its ruins and cliffs to its sky above, is a spellbinding interplay of lightness and dark, like the Irish story itself.
  — New York Times, 12 Aug. 2019
• Silken strings and luminous woodwinds were the key factors in a spellbinding reverie.
  — Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 22 Nov. 2019
• The spellbinding beauty sported long purple locs in a recent post, and her whimsical tresses have us in a trance.
  — Jennifer Ford, Essence, 17 Sep. 2019
• The Fall toured constantly through its four decades, playing sets that could be spellbinding or desultory.
  — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2018
• The Andersons share a common love of the late, spellbinding vocalist Jeff Buckley.
  — Matt Wake, AL.com, 15 June 2017
• The numbers weren't spellbinding, but there was improvement.
  — Jeff McLane, Philly.com, 2 June 2017
• James’s predicament was also, without a doubt, the most spellbinding part of an altogether great episode.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 13 May 2018
• Find the spellbinding planet in the western sky after sunset at -4.1 magnitude (quite bright).
  — Blaine P. Friedlander Jr., Washington Post, 30 June 2018
• For the 92-minute running time of David Lowery’s spellbinding movie, this spirit doesn’t do much except watch balefully as life rolls on without him.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 6 July 2017
• Before the end zone celebration, the spellbinding run through a maze of defenders begins with a scan of the field and the catching of a looping punt in front of impending danger.
  — The Seattle Times, 3 Sep. 2016
• The lava is spellbinding, especially at night, and some people have found the lure of the lava flows irresistible despite the danger.
  — latimes.com, 8 July 2018
• Silence is dead-out spellbinding during the cat-and-mouse exchanges between the wily serial killer and the gutty law enforcement trainee.
  — Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2018
• The huge, beautiful lot affords endless, spellbinding views of the mansion bathed in natural light.
  — Darla Guillen Gilthorpe, Houston Chronicle, 7 Nov. 2019
• This makes for a spellbinding story, but boning up on the basics of World War I ahead of time will greatly expand anyone’s appreciation of the film.
  — Chuck Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 28 Dec. 2018
• Yes, even Jagger's spellbinding star power couldn't help but seize attention during Jones' big moment in the bassist's hometown.
  — Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 June 2019
• The middle classes have found would-be Hitlers, Mussolinis, or Stalins more creepy than spellbinding.
  — Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 22 Aug. 2019
• But near the play’s end, Watson reached new dramatic heights as his emotional reaction to learning the fate of his family was nothing short of spellbinding.
  — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 10 Dec. 2019
• The 2011 romantic comedy, featuring a spellbinding cast, seeks to answer these queries.
  — Jason Herbert, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2019

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