And to my surprise I was so captivated by the story that I sat through the whole three hours, not once losing interest.    From LearnThat.org.  [www.yourdictionary.com]

We tossed to the fish humbugs of wool, silk, and feathers, gauds such as captivate the greedy or the guileless.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862] Reference

To be sure, "Pure" might not captivate the purists.    From Wordnik.com.  [Empty Title] Reference

News stories captivate us for a moment and then vanish.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bartman!] Reference

But Mr. Nadal wanted very badly to captivate this city.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yes Indeed, Nadal Can Make It Here] Reference

In the mass-media age, news stories captivate us, then vanish.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Political Sister Act] Reference

To captivate the affections was a secondary use of the phrase.    From Wordnik.com.  [Notes and Queries, Number 219, January 7, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc] Reference

Thousand ways to captivate a Heart your Eyes alone had vanquish'd?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Busie Body] Reference

HANSEN: Why did this story captivate the public in the 18th century?.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Birthright': The Astonishing Story Behind 'Kidnapped'] Reference

It only remained for her to dance into it -- to captivate and conquer it.    From Wordnik.com.  [When Dreams Come True] Reference

In the mass-media age, news stories captivate us for a moment, then vanish.    From Wordnik.com.  [Melting Into the Shadows] Reference

His speeches have a freedom and a rhythmical flow which captivate the hearer.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1] Reference

In the mass-media age, news stories captivate us for a moment and then vanish.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memories of a ‘Miracle’] Reference

Who would be otherwise than frank, when frankness has this power to captivate?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860] Reference

Musicals, can produce songs and characters that captivate each generation anew.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Geniuses of the American Musical Theatre, Linda Eder] Reference

You are better calculated than most men I know to charm and captivate them all.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile] Reference

Bendos are the latest collectible to captivate kiddies (not to mention their mothers).    From Wordnik.com.  [Periscope] Reference

Maybe they are the same issues that will finally captivate those pesky undecided voters.    From Wordnik.com.  [IF YOU WANT OUR VOTE, LOOK PAST THE LABEL] Reference

Olympic officials to their choice is exactly what could captivate the international set.    From Wordnik.com.  [Starr Gazing: Nyc's Olympic Dream Is Still Alive] Reference

All too often, major news stories captivate us for a moment, and then vanish, unresolved.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lady With the Leash] Reference

"Neither my love nor my talent are able to captivate him -- to attach him to me for a time.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference

He argued, that it was our interest to conciliate and captivate Austria, as the only power in.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria] Reference

During the evening she exerted herself, as usual, to captivate him, and bring him to her feet.    From Wordnik.com.  [City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston] Reference

The results are more likely to captivate kids than grownups, who may have overdosed on deja vu.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hollywood Gets Seriously Silly] Reference

In Gordon's biography of the father of urban, electrified blues, people captivate you simply by speaking.    From Wordnik.com.  [Voices: Two Shades Of Blue] Reference

'Don't you know,' says Gretta to one of the latter, 'that an Australian girl's first aim is to captivate an.    From Wordnik.com.  [Australian Writers] Reference

He wished once more to captivate his wife, as his safety depended on the impression he was about to make on her.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

But its Golden Gate image is powerful, likely to captivate the public as Sydney's sparkling opera house did in 2000.    From Wordnik.com.  [And Then There Were Two] Reference

At Mexx, for example, he recently replaced the management team after an earlier overhaul failed to captivate consumers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Targeting Younger Buyers, Liz Claiborne Hits Snag] Reference

He has the imagination, the information, and the oratorical fury in discussion which are likely to captivate the masses.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer] Reference

The industry hopes to captivate mature women, as well as all those younger jeans-wearers who never wore pantsuits before.    From Wordnik.com.  [Difference Between New, Old Pantsuits] Reference

All before us was conquest, and distinctions of every kind that can captivate the untried soldier, glittered in all eyes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844] Reference

You set out to fascinate and captivate Don Carlos, to make him fall madly in love with you, and you seem to have succeeded.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bandit Love] Reference

With all their power, however, they lacked the enthusiasm and the boldness that captivate the crowd and inspire majorities.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference

"Indeed, I think neither Rachel nor I could have thought of anything so sure to captivate a shallow mortal like Frank Mayo.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Love Affairs of an Old Maid] Reference

Few persons know how to improve their natural looks so as to captivate, charm, and win the admiration of those whom they meet.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference

They verge towards barbarism, and require things that are strange, odd, dazzling, and peculiar to captivate their jaded senses.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866] Reference

In the mass-media age, major news stories captivate us for a brief moment, then vanish just as quickly, often without a resolution.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vigil for an Israeli Lion] Reference

And yes, of course I'm already wondering whether it will contain those unfathomable ingredients that captivate readers and critics alike.    From Wordnik.com.  [Julia Stuart: How a Beefeater and a Tortoise Captured America's Attention] Reference