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The baseball game completely enthralled the crowd.
The audience was enthralled for two hours by a sparkling, dramatic performance.
They listened enthralled to what he was saying.
Coming from very poor households, the mere thought of keeping an audience enthralled must be no mean sense of fulfilment.
Even while one is enthralled with the grand passions presented on stage, one recognises that 'what one heard was simultaneously invented and fading away' (xvi).
Yet three near-capacity audiences were plainly both surprised and enthralled by the music, and many members of the public expressed a desire to hear more.
But they were at the same time interested, even enthralled, by the new and literally global world of commerce.
Certainly the emphasis on timbral blend is evident in some enthralling dovetailing, creating a sense of rippling beauty to the surface.
How it was read, and how so many different readings were possible, are the absorbing questions pursued here with relentless energy and in enthralling detail.
No one for tunate enough to have spent an evening in his company will forget his enthralling stories of adventure, exploration, and discovery.
He strode round in a chalky, torn gown and seemed to be able to deliver a totally unprepared but enthralling lesson on almost any topic.