captivation

He watched in captivation as she turned a slow circle.

Several other passengers became aware of the woman's animated behavior, if not her captivation by the little boy, but soon lost interest.

Everyone else listened with every evidence of utter captivation.

That was the captivation of it to me.

Finally, she decided her captivation was pointless and dressed.

Boredom and sorrow have never been able to stand against this old captivation with sound from the sighted world.

However, the cult soon captures Dexter through a supernatural captivation of music.

"All those accoutrements of fascination and captivation that let me do my job with the least possible confusion.

Temple's face was a picture of captivation.

But then, odds were overwhelming that he had no experience with human sexuality or any idea what that captivation implied.

Bryant & Cooper continues its captivation with prodigious platters of vegetables.

"Most disgusting thing I ever-" And yet there was something about it that kept them from looking away, an appalled captivation.

She admits to "an overactive imagination," which leads to obscurity as well as captivation.

The stronger impression is of a boy's enduring captivation by dreams of speed, flight and beautiful hardware.

It loomed toward him, seizing him like a lover, with a paralyzing captivation of the heart.

Captivation (Cappy) was outstanding as a heavy harness horse.

Too-and perhaps most important of all-she "was bathed in the glow of his own captivation with her.

The yellowfin madtom is an extremely nocturnal animal and has been known not to try to escape captivation.

The energetic nature of Kwan's character Tamahine either causes amazement or captivation in her family members.

Captivation (1931)

Looking around at the children suggested high levels of nil captivation - at HT a youngster on our row asked "is it finished?"

Captive fasteners are an engineered class of fastener designed for a permanent hold (captivation) within a target assembly or housing, including upon servicing.

That this was not merely a momentary captivation of the Parisian musical circles is attested by J.-B.

"Ms. Vetra is a woman of tremendous personal strength," Kohler said, seeming to sense Langdon's captivation.

But if we find ourselves responding to the Maya art here with an unresolvable mix of captivation and repulsion, we're probably somewhere in the vicinity of historical truth.