Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective having the attention fixed by a sense of wonder.
- adjective intensely interested in or attracted by.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
fascinate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having your attention fixated as though by a spell
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Examples
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Still, people remain fascinated with all kinds of divorce statistics.
Steve Lake: When the Vows Break: Will Certain Jobs Wreck Your Marriage? Steve Lake 2010
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(Soundbite of laughter) ALEXIS: So what keeps me fascinated is what I considered one of the great mysteries of history: Why did Antony put that huge army and fleet together to battle Octavian and then run away from them and back to her and leave them to be decimated?
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On a different note, I remain fascinated by the way stories shape us – stories are so strong in their shapes and structures.
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For me, civil engineering was far from boring (I ended up spending seven years with Halcrow, and I remain fascinated by the profession and its achievements); other professions seemed far less interesting – accountancy, law, quantity surveying ….
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(Soundbite of laughter) ALEXIS: So what keeps me fascinated is what I considered one of the great mysteries of history: Why did Antony put that huge army and fleet together to battle Octavian and then run away from them and back to her and leave them to be decimated?
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(Soundbite of laughter) ALEXIS: So what keeps me fascinated is what I considered one of the great mysteries of history: Why did Antony put that huge army and fleet together to battle Octavian and then run away from them and back to her and leave them to be decimated?
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Still, people remain fascinated with all kinds of divorce statistics.
Steve Lake: When the Vows Break: Will Certain Jobs Wreck Your Marriage? Steve Lake 2010
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(Soundbite of laughter) ALEXIS: So what keeps me fascinated is what I considered one of the great mysteries of history: Why did Antony put that huge army and fleet together to battle Octavian and then run away from them and back to her and leave them to be decimated?
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(Soundbite of laughter) ALEXIS: So what keeps me fascinated is what I considered one of the great mysteries of history: Why did Antony put that huge army and fleet together to battle Octavian and then run away from them and back to her and leave them to be decimated?
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And as for other mommy bloggers, I remain fascinated by what YOU are doing with your blogs.
Crazy Narcissistic Exploitative Zombie-Pimp Mom-Bloggers, Unite and Take Over | Her Bad Mother 2008
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