SPELLBOUND | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of spellbound in English

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Examples of spellbound

spellbound
All of the theatre students were spellbound, nobody had ever shown them such things.
No longer can the high priests of technology hold the rest of us spellbound and merely credulous.
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He held himself spellbound by some of the most awful codswallop.
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We are listening spellbound with fascination to the catalogue that he is reading with such aplomb.
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Let me make it clear that the recent increase in appreciation of our difficulties leaves me personally spellbound.
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He kept us spellbound, not because we were altogether in agreement with him, but by the way he put the case as he sees it.
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We were all spellbound by it.
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We all listened spellbound to him.
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I am spellbound every time he speaks.
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I listened spellbound to their stories of birds, animals and aquatic creatures.
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An erudite orator, expert in the social, economic and political issues, his soft but forcefully presentations of the issues always kept the audience spellbound.
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Snyder was known as one of the most skilled raconteurs -- his orations could leave his guests spellbound.
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In the event, the movie fails to keep its readers spellbound.
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People sat back in spellbound wonder as the scenic program flowed across the screen.
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The students were spellbound... never had they enjoyed their professor's opera so much, and never had they heard such artistic singing.
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Translations of spellbound

in Chinese (Traditional)
入迷的, 出神的…
in Chinese (Simplified)
入迷的, 出神的…
in Spanish
embelesado, cautivado…
in Portuguese
encantado…
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/əˈnɒn.ɪ.məs.li/
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/əˈnɑː.nə.məs.li/

without the name of someone who has done a particular thing being known or made public

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