| 单词 | spellbound |
| 例句 | They had held him spellbound, and now they were impressing Maria so much that she was practically glued to him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The white woman listened, spellbound, her hand still clasping the doorknob as if paralyzed. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He held the students spellbound with tales of old Zimbabwe, and the teachers competed to lure him into their rooms. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The boy stood on the lawn beside his older brother, head thrown back, spellbound. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Over the next forty years, giving as many as 250 speeches a year, speaking to more than one million people, he did just that, holding his audiences spellbound with his fire-and-brimstone style of preaching. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Aurelia sat spellbound—paralyzed, as this apparition, moving with incredible speed, lashed out seemingly in every direction at once, and in moments three of the “hunters” lay sprawled amid the false jungle. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Little Charlie Bucket was staring at her absolutely spellbound, watching her huge rubbery lips as they pressed and unpressed with the chewing, and Grandpa Joe stood beside him, gaping at the girl. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z He seemed literary, to the extent we knew what that was, but not spellbound by his own voice. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z All those unbelievable but entirely possible stories about his father’s sister—the woman his father had forbidden him to go near—had both of them spellbound. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z But his eyes showed that even he was spellbound. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She looked down at me and that clear, bright power in her eyes held me spellbound. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The guys waited, spellbound as always when Archie began to outline assignments and plans. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I stayed at the window for the rest of the flight, spellbound, hunkered over a trash bag full of empty soda cans and half-eaten meals, my face pressed against the cold Plexiglas. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z She stayed like that for a few seconds while we sat, spellbound. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When Lawrence visited Y-12 in May 1943, less than three months after ground had been broken, the sight of the transformed valley left him spellbound. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In Oregon, university fraternity brothers gathered around a radio, "spellbound” and "scared to death.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z When she found that he knew nothing, and yet had spellbound the goats to come to him and follow him, then she saw that he must have in him the makings of power. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I thought I would vomit and I wanted to run away, but the frightful scene held me spellbound. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat spellbound, watching every step and every movement of the dancers’ arms and heads. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z She had been listening slightly spellbound to this smooth recital, and now she said, "How far can you go?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Commons clock tower: ivied brick, white spire, spellbound in the hazy distance. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z From the moment that the first note was struck, the audience became completely spellbound. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Jonathan watched, spellbound, as the troops marched into view. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z It held all spellbound who were within sight The unicorn was white, with hoofs of silver and a graceful horn of pearl. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The young women were “spellbound” when they found themselves face-to-face with their national hero, who personally invited them to join the others signing up at the Zhukovsky Academy meeting point. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z As for James, he was so spellbound by the whole thing that he could only stand and stare and murmur quietly to himself, “Oh, isn’t it beautiful. It’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z I found a very stable-looking rock on the fringe of one of the largest pools and sat there cautiously, spellbound by the natural aquarium below me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The dark, rainy evening, the wind, the racing clouds, had me spellbound; it was the first time in a year and a half that I’d seen the night face-to-face. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He looks out at the spellbound audience, then at the floor, then finally up at Caesar. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The way a spellbound audience can wrap a protective silence around a pianissimo ending. Out of Silence, the Music of Meditation 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z She’d come with the most extraordinary tales and have everyone spellbound. Diahann Carroll, Indelible Fixture of My Childhood 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z But the painting he most fervently admired was French – he was said to be "spellbound" at his first glimpse of a Matisse still life. William Scott, the painter who made the everyday into a masterpiece 2013-03-02T08:00:10Z The last time was nearly 170 years ago, in 1853, when the pioneering African-American actor Ira Aldridge held Viennese audiences spellbound as the Moor of Venice. A Rare ‘Othello’ Puts the Spotlight on Race 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z When we entered the Chilean fjords, every passenger watched spellbound as we glided past spectacular glaciers draped across craggy, snowcapped mountains. Big adventure cruising around South America’s Cape Horn 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z “Richard II” was an astonishment, though — partly because of Ms. O’Connor’s masterly ability to hold a room spellbound, and partly because of the script. Review: The Bard as Bedtime Story in ‘Table Top Shakespeare’ 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Jonathan Demme, the film director and a friend of McBurney’s, who was in the audience that afternoon, told him that, at the curtain, the audience was spellbound. Simon McBurney Attempts to Grasp Time 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z To us listeners, spellbound by the beauty and simplicity of his words, it just didn’t matter. The lost art of memorizing poetry 2014-04-27T00:00:00Z But it’s worth recording that I’m spellbound by the expressive beauties of Odissi and other genres even while I remain in some state of ignorance about these things. Dance Review: Fringe Festival Presents Trinayan Dance Theater 2010-08-20T22:19:00Z "That wasn't the kind of thing Austin would have approved of," Myrtle thought, spellbound by the sorcery that had passed between her and the handsome Australian gentleman. Digested read: The Importance of Being Myrtle by Ulrika Jonsson 2011-08-29T20:30:01Z We sat spellbound from 11 till five and gloried in all the pageantry as described and the music and the cheering. The King's Speech: How George VI's simple domesticity made him the king his country needed in time of war 2011-01-02T00:05:01Z At a screening of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones in 2002, my son Barney, who was eight, was spellbound, but my eldest daughter, Rosie, then nine years old, kept trudging off to the toilets. Girls on film, from Twilight to Brave: Hollywood's new young female leads 2012-08-10T23:05:38Z It was a Sunday evening, and Ken Scott’s audience was spellbound. What if They Could Make the Pandemic Go Poof? 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z Even the misbehaving kids seem spellbound by Smith’s words, her urgent delivery and, maybe, the ode’s relevance to their own lives. Daemond Arrindell returns poetry to the people 2013-04-05T01:39:16Z For the romantic scenes with the spellbound Renaud, Gluck wrote some of his most sheerly sensual music. Music Review: Gluck?s ?Armide? Opera in Met-Juilliard Production 2012-02-12T15:16:28Z Ms. Peck, a scintillating technician, dances with a playful musicianship that recalls the way Violette Verdy and Merle Park left their audiences spellbound in the 1960s and 1970s. U.S. Ballerinas Redefine an Art, but What About History? 2013-07-05T17:15:59Z As the audience sat spellbound, Swoon, her red curls bobbing, flitted around, snapping photos, taking it all in. Swoon Blurs the Line Between Art and Activism 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z Of Mr. Dare, she said, “I wonder how many concerts he’s gone to where he’s experienced that magic, with 2,000 other people spellbound.” Cheers and Claps at Classical Performances 2012-06-08T21:33:37Z But as soon as the music of "Assassins" started, a circus-like tune, I was spellbound. “Assassins” is Stephen Sondheim's killer musical that we don’t talk about 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z They are generally spellbound, and often fairly hopeless. Cicely Berry, voice coach to the stars 2011-07-24T21:15:01Z Don had the Hershey execs spellbound with a heart-tugging recollection of his father rewarding him with a Hershey bar for mowing the lawn. A wakeup call heeded as `Mad Men' season ends 2013-06-24T12:43:33Z “I’m sort of spellbound by how the restaurant comes alive and becomes part of the street,” says Jud Mongell, one of several owners of the popular watering hole. | Nights and Weekends 2011-05-20T15:30:42Z By the end of the saga, he sits spellbound by her stories as they live in seeming harmony. One Thousand and One Nights ? review 2011-08-22T12:34:36Z While the young author recognized that Sarah — both his first reader and later his literary agent — was right, Wouk nonetheless remained spellbound by the legendary actor. At 100, Herman Wouk re-emerges with a memoir, ‘Sailor and Fiddler’ 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z And use it she did, spinning enough imaginative tales to leave her husband, the king, so spellbound that he couldn’t execute his own decree — namely, to execute her. Review: Sagas, Swashbuckling and Scheherazade in ‘1001 Nights’ 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z It is a crucial part of this production’s magic that the tellers and their tale blur into a single spellbound self. ‘Lula del Ray,’ a Spectral Parade of Fantastical Images 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z She was howling with laughter and his incredible and very famous laugh was booming through the room, and I was, well, just sitting spellbound. The Sunday Jeff Goldblum entertained me in a nail salon | Bre Graham 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z But some parts of the internet, driven by the images of the exhumed sarcophagus, were spellbound. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Always Sunny’ and ‘Black Panther’ 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z The scuffle dislodges Carlson's microphone but the bass and drums remain locked in a persuasive groove while the stage is cleared, all except for one girl dancing spellbound, apparently oblivious to the bedlam around her. Splashh – review 2013-06-02T14:30:01Z It is one of the greatest sights in the world and we sat there silent and spellbound for three incredible hours. Trekking the Tour du Mont Blanc 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z Roiland would allegedly begin all his interactions the same way, following and interacting with numerous spellbound fans on social media and dating apps. The nerdy online power of "Rick and Morty" creator that led to allegations of sexual assault 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z He describes his ex-wife Jane’s cesarean section for their second of three sons, Theo, and being “spellbound by how they pulled out various organs and laid them on her stomach.” For Jann Wenner, the Music Never Stopped 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Around two and a half hours later, Worden emerged from the theater spellbound. Fans Spellbound by 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Exposure to Ryder’s penumbral, spellbound paintings led to Hartley’s first stylistically unified and distinctive body of work, the “Dark Landscapes” of 1909-10, with their images of wall-like black mountains crushing tiny houses. ‘Marsden Hartley’s Maine,’ His Muse, First and Last 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z It’s a testament to the skill and concentration of the musicians that the audience was spellbound. Review: Matthew Welch Offers Ethereal Chamber Music at the Stone 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z I watched spellbound, as the colorful adventures of the aristocratic gods Rama and Sita, and Rama's monkey-faced devotee, Hanuman, unfurled before me. ACT gambles big on 'The Ramayana, a Hindu epic cherished by millions 2012-10-10T22:44:05Z I never saw the man again, but I watched the movie and found myself spellbound by the big sky, open road and uncomfortably long silences. What road movies tell us about travel — and ourselves 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z I stood in front of a glass-enclosed cage, spellbound by the presence of a large, listless pig. Nagasaki, the atomic bomb and the radiated pig that haunts me 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z There was, finally, no video, and he held the crowd spellbound. Beth Morrison's '21C Liederabend. Op. LA' at Disney Hall was a good idea (but next time, rethink the presentation, please) 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z Their secret show on the BBC Introducing stage only lasted two songs, but the xx's main performance left the crowd spellbound. Glastonbury festival 2013: watch the best live video clips 2013-07-01T12:20:28Z As for the established stars of the profession, none gave more satisfaction than Yo-Yo Ma, who, in a solo Bach outing at the Bowl, held a crowd of seventeen thousand spellbound. Notable Performances of 2019 and of the Decade 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z Here, he turns his forensic eye on Brahms's mightiest sonata, No 3, Op 5, gripping us from the start with its opening declamatory descending octaves and holding us spellbound through to the ecstatic close. Brahms: Piano Sonata No 3; Handel Variations – review 2013-01-13T00:05:34Z “I was immediately spellbound by the aesthetic values of those books and by their craftsmanship,” he said in a recent phone interview. Orpheus to Play Kahane’s ‘Gabriel’s Guide to 48 States’ 2013-04-19T18:57:59Z London, author of the underappreciated “Proxy,” gives us a brilliantly crafted high fantasy about a society in which survival depends on falconry; even bird haters will be spellbound. Young Adult Fantasy Novels That Sweep Readers Away 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z During a discordant modern music concert, he writes, “I sat in paralytic stupefaction, spellbound by the sheer force of emotional impact.” A New Forum for Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Architecture 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z A film's task is to hold us spellbound. Prince of Persia shows why films based on video games will never work 2010-05-24T11:06:00Z Though the best parts of this are compellingly multifaceted, the show wasn’t consistent: The children were attentive, not spellbound. ArtsBeat: The Nutcracker Chronicles: Shh, the Puppets Are About to Dance 2010-12-07T12:00:00Z The first time Potash heard “Shattered,” on DC 101 in 1978, the driving opening guitar groove, snarling vocals and cocky lyrics left Potash spellbound. How one Maryland man became a fixture in the Rolling Stones firmament 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z "I stood spellbound. I wasn't about to play; all I could do was listen and learn," he wrote. B.B. King built a bridge to the blues for the world 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z In his hands, it becomes a thing of beauty and holds an audience perhaps unfamiliar with his music completely spellbound. Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba at Glastonbury 2010 2010-06-26T17:44:00Z Crowds were spellbound as O’Connor, in bare feet and a hijab — she converted to Islam in 2018 — mesmerized them with a 17-song set that stretched across her career. Sinead O’Connor is still in one piece 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z He takes photos of billboards with images in mid-decay, spellbound by their exquisitely disintegrating letters. When the Truth, and My Groom-to-Be, Stood Naked Before Me 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z The roughly 15-foot-square mosaic features a bust of the fabled minstrel Orpheus in the center, framed and bordered by hexagons containing a variety of spellbound animals. Roman floor mosaics with violent scenes pack a punch at Getty Villa 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z The society suggests that children attend in costume and prepare to be spellbound. 8 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z Within moments the entire audience became spellbound seven-year-olds, captivated by the dappled shade, cool breezes and birdsong conjured by chattering woodwind, jaunty strings and glowing horns. The Turn of the Screw; BBC Proms 32, 35, 36 ? review 2011-08-13T23:06:02Z It was because she was instantly spellbound by the pilot while clearing away the tea things from the producer's office that he knew it was a winner. TV review: The Road to Coronation Street 2010-09-17T05:45:00Z We are laughing, and spellbound by some exceptional acting, but we never feel we are watching something entirely new. The Wire re-up: season five, episode seven ? The Wire v The Sopranos 2010-03-29T23:15:00Z Janis Joplin holding Mama Cass spellbound; Otis Redding vibrating with charisma; Jimi Hendrix humping his amp with such gusto that ABC television dropped the movie like a hot rock – all memorialised in their glorious prime. From the Band to Beyoncé: concert films to fill the live music black hole 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z Two dark forms held in its mysterious sway might be surrogates for the viewer of Mitchell's art: happily disorientated and spellbound. Martin Creed: Down Over Up; Richard Wright: The Stairwell Project; Joan Mitchell 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z “He took up residence at the far end of the table and held that entire end of the table spellbound for two and a half hours,” Morhaim said. Peter Beagle, Author of ‘The Last Unicorn,’ Is Back In Control 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z This Gothic Revival church can seat up to 3,200 worshipers and all would almost certainly be spellbound by the stunning stained-glass windows and intricate pulpit. At 375, Montreal’s cosmopolitan charm still seduces travelers 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z We just watched a Japanese animation film called The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, which left the three of us completely spellbound, and my son in tears. Christopher Eccleston: 'I don't watch TV – it's too hard to suspend disbelief' 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z And this time I was spellbound, amused, moved to tears even, and converted, though into what I didn't really know. Stewart Lee: The best performance I've ever seen 2010-10-16T23:06:00Z There is a Lenu-like quality to how the series follows in the novel’s footsteps, how it tries to bring its own strengths to bear but ends up six years old again and spellbound. HBO’s “My Brilliant Friend” Understands Its Source Material, But Its Diligence Feels Misspent 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z One appreciation described his childhood as "some hybrid tale of E.T.A. Hoffmann upon Mark Twain," and his stories of camp life and voodoo held men and women spellbound while he was alive. Swept away by 'What About This: Collected Poems of Frank Stanford' 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Clearly, if Marx had followed his dreams of youth and written the most beautiful novel in the world, he would have held the world spellbound, but he wouldn't have moved it. Atiq Rahimi: Should literature be political? 2013-05-22T10:49:51Z The prize was meeting the man himself and the pair developed a deep friendship, one that was encouraged by an over-eager, self-described stage mother, spellbound by his celebrity. 'Secrets will eat you up' – inside the shocking Michael Jackson documentary 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Sometimes, the prose of “The Dark Lady’s Mask” veers, if not purple, then lavender: “The verses cascaded through Aemilia, rending her spellbound.” Shakespeare strikes back at the woman who helped him write his plays 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z The matinee I attended on Sunday drew spellbound, beaming children of all ages. Gotham Chamber Opera’s ‘El Gato con Botas’ 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z He eventually came under the adoring patronage of the young King Ludwig II of Bavaria, a morbidly aesthetic man-boy who remained spellbound by Wagner’s art for the rest of his short life. From George Eliot to Neo-Nazi Skinheads: The Chaotic Cult of Richard Wagner 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z As Amendola gently prodded him with questions, Best kept attendees spellbound with stories about the Beatles' early days. Playing "Twist and Shout" with Pete Best 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z “Alleluia” is a fever dream of sex, jealousy and murder whose intensity leaves you spellbound. Review: ‘Alleluia’ Follows Partners in Crime, but Not Necessarily in Love 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z In this, the year of his bicentenary, tens of thousands of opera-goers will sit spellbound by Wagner. What's Wagner's secret? Love, actually 2013-04-25T16:00:01Z Decades before Kris and Bruce Jenner spawned the Kardashian universe—along with its controversies, revelations, accusations and affections—American TV audiences were spellbound by another married couple. These Are The 25 Most Influential Marriages of All Time 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z The reaction was always the same: spellbound shock at such a powerful voice exploding from such a small frame. Portrait of a young singer on the cusp of stardom 2011-05-28T22:31:06Z By contrast, Kinnear's masterfully delivered readings held the entire hall spellbound, preparing perfectly a space for Walton's beautifully orchestrated score and its subtle exploitation of French and English folk material. Prom 38: BBC Concert Orchestra/Lockhart ? review 2011-08-14T12:18:14Z They came from humble roots, made a fortune in the 1800s in meatpacking, then in middle age fell spellbound by art. The Museums Times Reporters Like to Visit on Their Days Off 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z I was spellbound by Brook's distillation of the story back to its essence: a love tragedy. Daniel Kramer: Carmen, I've cracked you 2011-01-12T21:31:00Z So Lysander and Hermia, one of the spellbound couples who flee to the forest to escape parental disapproval of their match, are now a same-sex pair. A spooky, dreamy 'Midsummer' to spread its wings 2011-10-20T20:16:08Z He sat and watched the whole thing, completely spellbound by the puppies on the screen. The Daily Spike: Service puppies take the spotlight in 'Pick of the Litter' 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z In short order, Joseph married his friend’s wives, friends’ daughters, his wife’s maids — and even a woman he first met as a credulous twelve-year-old, spellbound by his “golden Bible…” Blood vows: Joseph Smith, Mormonism and the invention of American polygamy 2014-04-20T17:00:00Z “When I met her, I was really spellbound by her presence,” Lawrence recalls. Jennifer Lawrence Talks 'Joy' Inspiration and How Katniss Would Spearhead Her Squad 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z Until recently, in fact, not many people wanted to look at his strange and silent paintings, with their highly ordered friezes of spellbound figures, so touched with fin-de-siècle melancholy and yearning. Frederick Cayley Robinson: Acts of Mercy 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z Popping a shoulder or flexing his pectoral muscles on a musical accent, he made a spellbound crowd erupt in giggles. Review: Paco Peña‘s Troupe Flaunts Its Inventive Flamenco Style at Town Hall 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z And while some viewers will be spellbound as Louisa experiences thoughts of anxiety and despair, others are sure to rate this film as an endurance test. Charlie Kaufman's exasperating "I'm Thinking of Ending Things" could've been a masterpiece 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z She sounded particularly lovely in “Music” — a gospel-tinged verse whose pianissimo conclusion held the audience spellbound. Music Review: A Trill Ride, From Rossini to Harold Arlen 2011-03-08T21:51:18Z Was this writer a mere individual possessed of his own free will, he would have quite happily let the xx's subtle majesty slip him into a trance before wandering home woozy and spellbound. Coachella festival 2013 day two: Phoenix, Hot Chip and Savages 2013-04-14T12:11:14Z But I was startled to find myself spellbound by it from beginning to end. How "Battleship Potemkin" reshaped Hollywood 2011-01-12T01:32:00Z This shot transfixes me because I have been so spellbound by Byrne that I am literally entranced and pulled into the music. "Stop Making Sense" converted me into a Talking Heads fan 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z A screening of it opens this show, the audience sitting cross-legged and spellbound by scenes of the septet staging collaborations of songs from their latest album, Magic Chairs, with friends and family in unusual locations. Efterklang ? review 2011-02-25T19:31:19Z He let the scenes play in real life, and we were absolutely spellbound.” Palme d’Or Winner: Cannes Has the Hots for Adèle 2013-05-26T21:51:28Z While spellbound by Brett’s clean prose and obvious intellect, I finished the book wondering if the follow-through was as masterful as the setup. What if You Could Live in All Your Parallel Universes at Once? 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Hapless newlyweds with copious personal issues simmering beneath the veneer of puppy love, Stefan and Valerie are spellbound by the Countess and her doleful assistant while honeymooning at a decadent seaside resort in the off-season. Hidden horrors: our writers on the scariest movies you (probably) haven't seen 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z Rye is spellbound by this formidable young woman, and you will be, too. Review | ‘The Cold Millions,’ Jess Walter’s celebration of forgotten heroes, is one of the most captivating novels of the year 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z The director … let the scenes play in real life, and we were absolutely spellbound.” Blue Is the Warmest Color: How Much Sex Is Too Much Sex? 2013-10-24T19:38:46Z Every man in the room is spellbound, transfixed by Nicki as her body gyrates across the screen between flashes of gold, fancy heels and limited edition sneakers. The economics behind the prison strike: An inmate’s guide to earning 24 cents per hour 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z In one paragraph alone Rupert is "spellbound" and "in shock" – "I completely forget about wanking." Vanished Years by Rupert Everett – review 2012-10-05T21:54:01Z “She had the audience spellbound from pretty well her first notes,” wrote Tom Service, a music critic at The Guardian. Ekaterina Bakanova, an Opera Sensation Also Touched by Luck 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z The “Upstairs Downstairs” details long familiar from novels, movies and television shows, and now from the popular “Downton Abbey,” seem to render us spellbound. Heiresses of Wharton?s Era in Fashion on Her 150th Birthday 2012-01-19T23:18:19Z One of the world’s great Schubert interpreters, Ms. Uchida also held audiences at Carnegie spellbound with her recent performances of late Beethoven sonatas. Mitsuko Uchida and Schubert Sonatas at Carnegie Hall 2012-02-24T20:08:03Z "Bombay Talkies" opens in cinemas on Friday, one century after the first Indian feature film "Raja Harishchandra" held audiences spellbound in Mumbai and laid the foundation for one of the world's largest film industries. A Minute With: India director Dibakar Banerjee on "Bombay Talkies" 2013-05-02T10:25:39Z We feasted on seafood and vinho verde, Portugal’s delicious white wine, then sat spellbound as three women draped in shawls performed in the darkened room, one after another, accompanied by a 12-string guitar. Fado, sardines and the Age of Exploration: A visit to Lisbon 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z The story develops into an emotionally and morally complex pas de deux, and holds you spellbound until the end. The great books giveaway 2011-03-04T11:19:03Z To be truly spellbound by a good story is a rare treat. 'The Tiger's Wife': tales of kindness, brutality, superstition and faith in a Yugoslavian homeland 2011-03-10T01:56:36Z I listened to the minute or so of Michelle Obama's remarks before Sturtz's interjection and was quite spellbound by how boring it was. There's a right way to deal with hecklers. Then there's Michelle Obama's… 2013-06-08T23:05:27Z I was 13 years old, alone in the school library, spellbound by LP Hartley's The Go-Between. Ian McEwan: when faith in fiction falters – and how it is restored 2013-02-16T08:30:12Z Listening to the BBC on the radio, Redgrave says she was "spellbound" by a production that featured well-known actors reading the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations in 1948. Broadcast drew Redgrave to child rights 2010-11-30T21:46:00Z In Ouidah, dance groups move to spellbound drumming and chants as spectators watched and shot videos on their phones. Voodoo dances and rituals wow tourists at Benin festival 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z If the last three elections have shown anything, it's that swing-state voters are decisively rejecting the far-right crusade that has so many people in red states spellbound. House sh**show has a message for America: GOP can't govern and doesn't want to 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z V.C.R, “Blue” The Memphis-born singer and violinist V.C.R makes being spellbound sound oh so good. The 100 best songs of 2022 (complete with playlist!) 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z It is entirely possible that such a situation will arise in the future, and that such a person will find themselves in it, spellbound and driven by fantastical visions of Utopia among the stars. What the Sam Bankman-Fried debacle can teach us about "longtermism" 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z A breathless line-up of central bank decisions from the United States to Japan, Britain to Switzerland and Brazil to South Africa will keep markets spellbound in the days to come. Take Five: A central bank bonanza 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z I was spellbound by the story set in an Irish town in 1985. Booker Prize: Alan Garner is oldest writer to make the shortlist 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z That may prove a tall task in a community that remains spellbound by Trump’s ongoing insistence that he was the true winner. In a Nevada county, election conspiracies sow deep distrust 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Maybe I’ll recount the night I was so spellbound by a Japanese nightclub singer in an Ethiopian restaurant singing Frank Sinatra that I dropped injera bread in my lap. Intersections: a semi-regular feature that tells stories around intersections of streets, people, cultures 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Andrew King, Wellcome principal research fellow and director of the Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, said he was "spellbound" by Sir Colin's lectures. Tributes paid to Oxford neuroscientist Professor Sir Colin Blakemore 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Driving from Karak to Wadi Mujib, we were spellbound by the Dead Sea’s winding valleys, high cliffs and canyons but found only one black iris, just starting to open near a rocky cliff. In Jordan, a quest for the country’s resilient national flower 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z The class sat spellbound as she gestured with her hands and paused to think of how to sign “blasphemy” and “chastising.” Opinion | Bullet holes at Anacostia High School expose the paradoxical world of teaching 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z “It’s one thing not to be religious, but they have to know the history,” García said as Ona stood on a pew and watched, spellbound. With COVID rules eased, Barcelona embraces festival’s return 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z And as she pirouettes in a fantasyland of gently falling snowflakes, they watch her in spellbound silence. Portraits from inside the wild, messy, overheating economy of 2021 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z Television viewers worldwide were spellbound for the hour-long live chase, and thousands more people lined freeways and overpasses to cheer as Simpson passed in a white Bronco. In a city of freeways and showbiz, live-broadcast cop chases are ‘great spectacle’ 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Obsessed by “Beauty” as a child, the 31-year-old Ruggiero can now draw on memories of his cancer ordeal to deepen his portrait of the unhappy, spellbound prince. At Olney Theatre, casting ‘Beauty and the Beast’ with an eye to inclusion 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Her victory resounded halfway around the world, in Minnesota homes, malls and community centers where Hmong people — members of an ethnic group from Asia — watched spellbound as Lee realized a dream that echoed their own. With Biles Out, Sunisa Lee Seizes the Moment and Captures Gold 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z After snapping dozens of pics with a macro-lens from a variety of angles, she remained spellbound. When rare California toads get thirsty for love, this tiny college helps set the mood 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z They point toward their destination, spellbound by the shimmery arc of colored light above. Commentary: The symbolism in the Biden inaugural painting by Robert S. Duncanson 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z People would be spellbound as he gestured, swayed his body, growled, and sometimes joked while emphasising his key message of ending rife indiscipline and corruption. Jerry Rawlings: Remembering Ghana's 'man of the people' 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z Audience members still sat spellbound while watching Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet,” a movie about the ancient human desire to undo present disaster by discovering a trick to reverse time. Fewer people, more space at Baltimore theatre amid pandemic 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z We were spellbound by his tears, his outbursts, his sessions with brilliant psychiatrist Dr. Freedman — depths of emotion we couldn’t articulate about our own bewildering lives. Op-Ed: As a doctor on 'MASH,' Hawkeye showed me how to get through this war on the coronavirus 2020-08-16T04:00:00Z When Markle returned, she was "completely spellbound," a friend said, and she'd shared things with Harry that she rarely opened up about. Prince Harry's alleged secret Instagram account, while he was dating Meghan Markle, revealed 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Vivian “was spellbound,” Mr. Oates recounted in his biography of Dr. King. C.T. Vivian, Martin Luther King’s Field General, Dies at 95 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z Before large crowds on town greens or in front of fire halls, they would harken back to the lessons of the nation’s Founders, often holding their audiences spellbound for an hour, perhaps even more. The July 4 speeches that helped define what America is — or what it should be 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z “The Kennedys still have a hold on us in a way that nobody since that time has held a generation spellbound,” he said. Curtains for Camelot: Last Kennedy sibling’s death ends era 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Just to look at it is to be put in the position of King David gazing spellbound at Bathsheba, or Actaeon at Diana in her forest grove. Perspective | The most electrifying thing that Edward Hopper ever painted was this woman’s hand 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z But watching alone on Zoom, I was once again among my tribe, grateful to be spellbound. Review: Magician Helder Guimarães turns Zoom into theater in 'The Present' 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z In the magical-realist Bottled Leopard, he managed to hold a generation spellbound. The Nigerian royal who loved to lampoon modern life 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z Add in dwindling TV viewing figures and there has been talk of “impeachment fatigue” – a far cry from when the Clinton saga held the nation spellbound. Trump’s impeachment may be just another battle in the US's civil war 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z On one side, a man on a theater stage sings soulfully before an all-male audience; they are spellbound by his exceptional performance. Review: Shirin Neshat show at the Broad wrings power, pain and poetry from black and white 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z “They’re presented beautifully, all made by one man, by hand, and I’m still spellbound when I look at one of them.” RIGHT AT HOME: Design and décor with British flair 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z I’m not sure the audience was quite expecting this, but it sat spellbound. Review: The L.A. Phil's Three Maestros bring their magic to a 100th birthday party 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z “She froze in her tracks, spellbound,” the book says. Washington’s latest tell-all memoir: The secrets of a preschool girl gone viral 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Even as Irving’s spellbound, “sequestered glen” rejoices in the author’s legacy, time marches on. The Headless Horseman Industrial Complex 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z I read the book spellbound, in one sitting. How to Read “Gilgamesh” 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z The owner of 20 majors went down fighting against the owner of none in five sets that held everyone spellbound for three hours and 12 minutes, although it seemed longer. Roger Federer’s talent may be immune to time but his body is not | Kevin Mitchell 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z Sea smoke, I later learned, occurring when bitter air sweeps over warmer waters, and it held me spellbound, for I had never seen such a thing before. Opinion | In Praise of Online Dating 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z But like spellbound millions around the world, he did watch on TV when Armstrong set foot on the lunar surface. 'Whitey's on the moon': why Apollo 11 looked so different to black America 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z These upheavals and tragedies pierce the illusions we have constructed and leave us trapped and spellbound in self-inflicted and imposed purgatories. Christian Petzold’s ‘Transit’ explores the loneliness of refugees in a terrifying France 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z And when the music played, he said, the crowd was spellbound. Beirut’s fearless drag queens defy Middle Eastern conservatism 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z “When I met Mr. Guzmán, he didn’t have a jet,” Mr. Martínez told a spellbound jury in Federal District Court in Brooklyn. El Chapo’s Narco Spoils: A Beach House, a Zoo and a Fleet of Cash-Filled Jets 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z "I'm far from a hardcore Potter fan and yet I was spellbound throughout," he said. Fantastic Beasts 2 gets mixed reviews 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z When they unfurled Robert Johnson’s “Sweet Home Chicago,” an older man and woman were ambling by, and at the very sight of Abby the man was spellbound. The song of the spoon lady: Pain, perseverance and an unlikely journey to viral fame 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z There isn’t a lot musically, perhaps, to tie Reich and Crumb together other than an utter mastery of their individual art and the ability to hold a listener spellbound. Review: Major new works by Steve Reich and George Crumb find two leading American octogenarian composers in magnificent old form - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z “People are really waiting spellbound for the outcome, because depending on how it goes, there will be a lot of turbulence next week,” said Thorsten Faas, a political science professor at Berlin’s Free University. German state vote in Hesse tests Merkel’s unhappy coalition 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z "People are really waiting spellbound for the outcome, because depending on how it goes, there will be a lot of turbulence next week," said Thorsten Faas, a political science professor at Berlin's Free University. German state vote in Hesse tests Merkel's unhappy coalition 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Solange looked on spellbound — was it truly possible for people to be taken over in that way? Solange, the Polymathic Cultural Force 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Some are the latest offerings from favorite authors, others are voices new to me — but what each book has in common is that it held me spellbound to the final page. Fall reading 2018: 9 books to curl up with this cozy time of year 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z The show included a giant mosaic displaying a flying rocket, and Albright later said she was spellbound by the precision of the performance but felt uncomfortable with its glorification of the North Korean government. Places Moon has visited are glimpses into North Korea itself 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z But she was spellbound by the intensity of what was unfolding. Watergate’s unforgettable characters sit in her dining room. Does her artwork matter more in the Trump era? 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z Jesus Montes, a third-generation fishmonger, lingered afterward with a spellbound expression on his face. Impromptu opera regales Mexico City market-goers 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z The people follow to the march of his baton, spellbound when he waves his wedge like a magic wand. PGA Championship 2018: In a season of sizzle, Phil Mickelson proves to be more style than substance - Golf Digest 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z Investors remain spellbound, rewarding privately held Ant in June with a $150 billion valuation on paper, more than twice its valuation in a 2016 funding round and above that of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Jack Ma’s Giant Financial Startup Is Shaking the Chinese Banking System 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z The Spurs’ way doesn’t leave everyone spellbound anymore. Perspective | The Kawhi Leonard-Spurs standoff finally ends, but without a winner 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Preston was spellbound as the birds grappled with their talons, battling over territorial rights for nesting. Cody museum opens new exhibit on golden eagles 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Calvert, who is from Florida, caught her first glimpse of a Mackintosh building during a university lecture – and was so spellbound, she ultimately headed for the source in Glasgow. Charles Rennie Mackintosh: architect of choice for Doctor Who and Madonna 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z The audience sat spellbound throughout, drinking in Kovacevich’s musical message of wisdom, peace, resignation and hope. Review | Stephen Kovacevich is a musician completely absorbed in his craft 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z Until his defeat at the general election, weeks before the trial began, Thorpe had held his constituents spellbound. Jeremy Thorpe and the Devon connection 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Last weekend’s “Shared Madness” recital by violinist Jennifer Koh “would surely have felt special any place,” Mark Swed writes, “given her ability to hold an audience spellbound for 90 nonstop minutes of new music.” Essential Arts & Culture: The Tonys' fear of the new and TV's take on Boyle Heights' art fight 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z Koh's Friday recital would surely have felt special any place, given her ability to hold an audience spellbound for 90 nonstop minutes of new music. Jennifer Koh and the 'Shared Madness' of coming between a violinist and her violin 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z At the April 8 rally, a woman whose face was covered by a burqa came to the stage and told her story to the spellbound crowd. In Pakistan, a young Pashtun man was killed by police. Another has risen to lead a movement. 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Kreh appeared on TV shows and in videos and gave countless clinics and lectures to spellbound crowds, large and small. Bernard ‘Lefty’ Kreh, renowned fisherman and outdoors writer, dies at 93 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z But when the Croatian forward began watching Embiid destroy teammates in practices that summer, he was spellbound by the big man’s ability to do virtually everything on the basketball court. Joel Embiid is already an all-star starter. His next goal: Becoming the NBA’s best player. 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z Who wasn’t going to be spellbound by that? 'Stealing moments, stealing time': the love story that started with a tattoo in a death camp 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z “Nayak’s effort and determination to cut mountains to build a road left me spellbound,” the local administrator, Brundha D, told reporters. Indian man carves road through hills so children can attend school 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z “The future lies in working in far greater harmony with nature,” he told his spellbound younger son, “and trying to ensure more successfully that our own economy better mimics and mirrors nature’s brilliant economy.” Prince Harry a breath of fresh air? No, a chip off the old block | Catherine Bennett 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z Investors are spellbound chiefly by its link to Tencent, which on November 20th became Asia’s first firm to be valued at over $500bn and which still owns just over 50% of China Literature. China’s largest online publisher enchants investors and readers alike 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z As dinner wrapped up and we ate the last of our dessert, I watched Seagal finger his mala beads, spellbound by the cleavage of the most buxom girl at the table. I had dinner with Steven Seagal, and I'm not surprised by the latest accusations | Cassie Lane 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z Rowling charmed readers of all ages with the publication of the first Harry Potter book, and it seems many of us are still spellbound. London is going all butterbeer over 20th anniversary of Harry Potter 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z I ended up sitting on my still-dirty floor, spellbound before the television as the junior Republican senator from Arizona made one of the best speeches I have ever heard in Washington. Hope and despair in the wake of Flake 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z She left audiences spellbound, eventually entertaining presidents and European royalty. ‘Te Ata’ review: Tale of an inspiring Chickasaw storyteller 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z Visitors listen spellbound as he talks about turning his back on bigotry at Los Angeles’s Museum of Tolerance, which explores racism and prejudice, including the events of the Holocaust. Can hate be healed? 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z He used to see opera great Robert Merrill hold Yankee Stadium spellbound with his anthem and tries to rock the park with his own. Belting one out for the home team 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z In Washington, former FBI Director James Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee, holding the nation spellbound in perhaps the most momentous Capitol Hill hearing since the days of Sen. Sam Ervin’s Watergate committee. The Comey-Corbyn axis: Old-school politics makes a dramatic comeback in a history-shaping week 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z Her gruff, sarcastic delivery held the audience spellbound. The Future of Europe Hinges on a Face-Off in France 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z For several minutes, Nicklaus looked on, spellbound, as the broad-shouldered man with the big hands beat one ball after another. It Takes a Small Army to Equal Arnie 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Maurice goes astray and arrives at a spellbound castle, where he warms his posterior probability against an open hearth. “Beauty and the Beast” and “T2 Trainspotting” Reviews 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z I imagine that he would shake his head over the conspiracy theories about Muslims that held Flynn spellbound. Can H. R. McMaster Survive as Trump’s National-Security Adviser? 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Zama, a man as impetuous as he is stuck, resembles other existentialist antiheroes as he swings between spellbound passivity and sudden lunges into action. A Neglected South American Masterpiece 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z Football fans aren’t the only ones spellbound by the University of Washington this winter. Prospective UW students need more certainty of admission 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z The trademark harmonicas have been holstered, at least for now, his audience shrinking from a spellbound national electorate to a spirited weekday gathering of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce. Tim Kaine Readily Moves Out of Spotlight: ‘This Is More Me’ 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z Nor as a performer, though he held his audiences spellbound for more than a year. The Making of President Donald Trump 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Other times, Ulrich will catch you spellbound when he begins to quote Shakespeare, Greek and Roman mythology, while sprinkling in references to the Mesopotamian cradle of civilization for good measure. Woodsman finds longtime success, fulfillment in forest 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z In other idea-saturated Presidencies—Kennedy’s and Reagan’s, for instance—the mood was set at the top, by the charismatic leader; intellectuals were as spellbound as everyone else. Rise of the Reactionary 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z He is spellbound by the U.S. justice system. Who’s Got It Better Than Jim Harbaugh’s Fullbacks? 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z In a community where lots of residents own kayaks or bikes, Schaeberle, spellbound by his surroundings, said he’s staying put. Relaxing by the bay in Maryland’s Franklin Manor 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z The movie, which debuted at the Toronto Film Festival, hasn’t exactly left critics spellbound, either. According to the movie-review website Rotten Tomatoes, “Colonia” was liked by a mere 21 percent of reviewers who screened it. Emma Watson’s latest movie brought in just $61 at British box office: report 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z We were spellbound; trapped in this perfect web he was creating for us. Dodgers Dugout: Could losing Clayton Kershaw be just what the Dodgers needed? 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Some commentators were shocked by its frankness but the public were spellbound, feeling a new understanding for the troops. Battle of the Somme: How Britain learned the truth - BBC News 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z He was with Henry Washburn when they gazed spellbound at a geyser spurting 100 feet in the air - and as it did so again and again, almost like clockwork. How it all started: Yellowstone’s early history 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Most in the media listened to those words and were spellbound. Obama’s racial legacy 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Rapattoni, who we learned suffers from bipolar disorder, sang Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence,” leaving Urban “spellbound by the lyrics.” 'American Idol' recap: Tristan McIntosh departs ahead of the top 5 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z "When I watch their movies, in my head it is forever a Saturday morning and I am six years old watching the TV at home utterly spellbound," he said. Steve Coogan and John C Reilly to star in Laurel and Hardy film - BBC News 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z When Depp took to the stage, for the first and only time in the evening, the room fell dead silent, spellbound. Palm Springs Film Fest Awards Gala brings Depp, Blanchett, Damon and more to the desert 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z You can be spellbound by that kind of talk, or despise it, but its point is to make you pay attention—or just pay. Conor McGregor: Big Mouth Strikes Again 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Hushed audiences had sat spellbound at screenings in Paris and New York, but this June day was different. The day Israel saw Shoah | Jonathan Freedland 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z “I had a lot of time to think,” Mr. Christie told a spellbound audience of 300 on Saturday. After Paris, Voters Give Chris Christie a Second Look 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Although Baker’s introduction offered no assurances or specifics, it was impossible not to be spellbound by possibility. After Nats’ graceless search process, Dusty Baker arrives in style 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z These held the nation spellbound through hot summer days, with a roster of engrossing characters and an almost-daily menu of startling plot twists. Fred Thompson, former senator and ‘Law & Order’ actor, dies at 73 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z And the Daily Mail's Jonathan McEvoy says: "The journey from a Stevenage council estate to the top of the world, again, kept us spellbound for two hours. Our nails were gnawed." Tax credits 'showdown' and Lewis Hamilton 'King of the Road' - newspaper headlines - BBC News 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z I’m just spellbound,” said Nyong’o, who first met that playwright at Yale. Danai Gurira _ both zombie killer and thoughtful playwright 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z The 50-minute address held the chamber, which was packed with ambassadors and supreme court justices as well as senators and House representatives, spellbound, a feat seldom seen even during presidents’ State of the Union speeches. Pope Francis electrifies Congress with speech laying out bold vision for US 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z That game spellbound the world and made Fischer an unlikely American hero in the U.S.-Soviet battle for dominance. Tobey Maguire moves through chess king Bobby Fischer's checkered life in 'Pawn Sacrifice' 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Spielberg held the president spellbound, guests said, when he spoke about the use of technology to tell stories. With High-Profile Help, Obama Plots Life After Presidency 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z Yet she doesn’t plan to give up her mermaid character anytime soon, mainly because of the spellbound looks on the young faces at her appearances. Ohio mermaid gives joy to curious children 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z Six hours into the back-to-back ’24′ marathon, Jack Bauer was foiling Russian assassins, trying to save the world from nuclear catastrophe — and holding his audience in a Chinese cinema spellbound. Youku Tudou Eyes Overhaul in Pursuit of Respect 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z The crowd stayed on and was silent and spellbound throughout the post-match interviews, conducted by Mike Atherton, who had foolishly forgotten to take a box of tissues with him. England win the Ashes after resounding innings triumph over Australia 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z He looked as spellbound as the musician felt. ‘Home Tours’ Take Mary McBride Band to Zones of Conflict and Calamity 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z Players at other schools were spellbound by Montrose’s gleaming uniforms, stream of new sneakers and fresh equipment, all funded by Vetter’s Nike sponsorship deal. When a prep school built on basketball turns away from the sport, what’s left? 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z I don’t speak French, but I am spellbound by these. Spend 90 minutes basting asparagus? If Alain Passard says so 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z "At last we get to see for ourselves the actor who kept the first generation of Sherlockians spellbound," says the man supervising the film's restoration, Professor Russell Merritt. Five ways an American changed how Sherlock Holmes looks and talks 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z A circle of spellbound students, who moments before had been checking emails and searching the Internet, fell silent and let their laptops go dark as Wheelock began to speak. He's no longer a prisoner of the war on drugs 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z From midnight to dawn it held me spellbound: monsters, surgeons, sieges, riots, silkworms and Cadillacs, life crammed into page after page. Jeffrey Eugenides’s Middlesex gave me the courage to take risks in my writing 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, Naser Royan, 27, held a young audience spellbound as he sang a series of original folk songs to an urgent guitar rhythm. Kabul cafe is a front line in a war over culture and social mores in Afghanistan “The whole sports world is going to be spellbound with every single shot. This went from being a major championship and a major golf story to a major sports story.” Too much Tiger? No, and it's not hard to understand why: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z He was living with his grandmother in the village of Asafo, in Ghana’s western countryside, and he watched, spellbound, as Mr. Schwarzenegger pushed Chevrolets around and hauled tree trunks on his shoulder. A Chiseled Bodybuilder, Frail Clients and a Fitness Story for the Ages 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z He kept us spellbound night after night with tales drawn from his imagination and selections from a tattered songbook. Colbert King: A father’s labor of love Ever since Sandra Colony was a child, when she was spellbound by the glossy photographs of exotic places in the pages of National Geographic, she has been driven by the desire to explore the world. Retiring: Childhood Dreams Can Inspire Rewarding Second Careers for Retirees 2014-04-11T16:55:06Z From giant crocodiles and hungry polar bears, to spellbound sharks and inquisitive monkeys. Wildlife wonders - creatures up close 2014-01-22T23:38:35Z The concept of amusement is descended from the ancient Greek notion that mortals are often spellbound by the nine Muses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne. 3 Tips For Disconnecting Kids From Over-Stimulation, Video Games, And Digital Media 2014-01-15T12:26:00Z In a tiny practice room, spellbound, I watch a soloist putting heart and soul into a piece from Madame Butterfly. The BBC's first Man in Moscow 2013-10-21T00:50:55Z Off to the side, Bardella stood spellbound by the privileged circle in front of him. How to Win in Washington 2013-07-04T14:34:42Z The public will be able to follow Peake's tweets from space, just as TV viewers were once spellbound by grainy black and white images of Neil Armstrong planting the stars and stripes on the moon. Space, the fiscal frontier: government looks to the skies for rebalancing 2013-05-25T23:06:10Z Beckett just sat back in his chair - absolutely spellbound. Actress does Beckett at record speed 2013-05-11T23:19:01Z We've got a marvellous clip of him sharing his favourite poem and demonstrating that he can still hold a crowd spellbound at the age of 96. Guardian Viral Video Chart: Jay Leno, Disney, and the statue that hit back 2013-03-22T07:18:13Z If you want to be truly spellbound by the Zipp, download and listen to The Buena Vista Social Club. Review: Is Libratone's Zipp The Best Wireless Airplay Speaker In The House? 2013-02-04T20:22:00Z Banish from your minds the notion, for instance, that when an Australian sports team takes to the field the entire nation watches spellbound wearing green and gold shell-suits. Why do we get Australia so wrong? 2013-01-17T00:28:39Z "I was spellbound," Morrison said, emphasising the value of being able to screen the referee's view "down the tunnel" during scrums. Rugby fans to be given referees'-eye view via new 'Refcam' technology 2012-12-19T14:34:36Z The hearing room, packed with senators, Congressional aides and journalists, became spellbound during Ms. Gillibrand's sobering account to the Environment and Public Works Committee. City Room: Teary-Eyed, Gillibrand Tells Senators of 2 Boys' Deaths in Storm 2012-11-29T21:31:20Z She appeared before two groups, speaking in English to one audience, then in Burmese to about 2,000 of her countrymen and women, who sat spellbound. City Room: The Day: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Worthy of a Hero's Welcome in New York 2012-09-24T13:17:44Z There is no question that New Yorkers want strong mayors, to the point that they can be spellbound by self-styled saviors. City Room: The Day: Trying to Imagine City Hall After Bloomberg 2012-08-07T13:11:59Z All of the women in the laundromat were spellbound by this romantic waltz. City Room: Metropolitan Diary: A Waltz at the Laundromat 2012-05-14T13:51:51Z Huxley was fond of telling this story, and it is worth recording—if but as encouragement to stammerers who have something to say—at what price he “bought this freedom” which held an audience spellbound. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z Accustomed though we were to scenes of bloodshed and violence, this weird outburst, the concentrated expression of mortal agony, held us spellbound. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z Henley Street April 20, 1615 Teaching was forgotten at Fair time, good food, acrobats, cockfights, gambling—there was something to keep us spellbound spelling laughter! Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z The spellbound hush of landed property held earth in thrall, and the countess wished to enjoy it. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z With a prevision that this letter had something to do with the question of the marriage, she tore the letter open and sat gazing on it spellbound. Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-06T02:00:29.933Z Her most persuasive accents fall on ears that are spellbound by a mightier power, and on the most important questions, the votes are often counted, before deliberation commences. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z The sight held me spellbound, till I observed one of the pirates covering our captain with a musket. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z His great ability and the interesting nature of the subject, keep the reader spellbound; but when the impressions fade, one realizes that he has to deal only with ingenious explanations. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z A tot of four will stand spellbound before the fat dolphin of a park fountain, calling in beatific ecstasy, "Hay agua!" Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z For some seconds he stood as if spellbound, unable to move his gaze. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z He did not move, but stood like one spellbound, listening to the wind as it soughed its way through the shrubs and trees which grew in the centre of the Square. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z At the foot of the steps, the two boys, side by side, stood spellbound. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z The others listened spellbound, though some of them scarcely felt convinced. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z For a long minute he gazed at the Count's back, spellbound and unable to stir. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z In this country the Age of Reason was spellbound for twenty years, with the exception of a few copies put forth by Daniel Isaac Eaton. Life and Character of Richard Carlile 2012-03-14T02:00:25.327Z As he did so, he could barely repress an exclamation of wonder and delight, while both the old man and the young girl stood as if spellbound. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z Who, indeed, could not be spellbound, beholding that countless changing tatterdemalion caravan go by? Travelers Five Along Life's Highway 2012-03-11T03:00:12.927Z It was a sight so new to Cecil that he stood spellbound, with a look of wondering awe upon his pale face. Mr. Marx's Secret 2012-03-02T03:00:10.327Z The old man paused for a minute and looked around at the group at his bedside, all hanging spellbound upon his words. The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery or, The Christmas Adventure at Carver House 2012-02-27T03:00:12.427Z With the first note teacups and sandwiches were forgotten and the girls sat in a spellbound circle, while Sahwah stopped mopping her skirt with her handkerchief and the wet spot dried and scorched unheeded. The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z But even those who did not were held spellbound by the swinging sonorous cadence. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z But Phil was spellbound at the other end of the shop—and no wonder. Black-Eyed Susan 2012-02-13T03:00:16.587Z But my eyes never rested for a moment on any of these familiar objects, scarcely even noticed them, for another and a stranger sight held me spellbound. Mr. Marx's Secret 2012-03-02T03:00:10.327Z Above a pair of softly curved shoulders smiled a face of such witching beauty that Katherine forgot all about the trunk and its contents and gazed spellbound at the photograph. The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery or, The Christmas Adventure at Carver House 2012-02-27T03:00:12.427Z The flower-girl listened spellbound to such sounds as she had never heard before; and, on stopping, Charmides found a group of pedestrians, attracted by his song, standing near at hand behind him. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z The audience was so spellbound one could hear his blades carving the ice, and it was not until the final notes of his music faded that fans erupted in applause. Figure Skating: Jeremy Abbott Wins Men?s Title at U.S. Championships 2012-01-30T02:50:29Z The audience was so spellbound you could hear his blades carving the ice, and it wasn't until the final notes of his music faded that fans erupted in applause. Abbott wins 3rd US title with mesmerizing grace 2012-01-29T23:22:46Z I sat down again with a sense of spellbound helplessness. Love Among the Lions A Matrimonial Experience 2012-01-25T03:00:36.210Z But Tannh�user sat as one spellbound, until all at once, deeply overcome, he fell upon his knees. Great Opera Stories Taken from Original Sources in Old German 2012-01-25T03:00:33.660Z Rico expected to see a pleasant room, but he was not prepared to find the artistic effect which held him spellbound as he reached the threshold. Heimatlos Two stories for children, and for those who love children 2012-01-22T03:00:23.673Z He held them spellbound, he swayed them at his will, he thrilled them as never had they been thrilled. Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star 2012-01-20T03:00:15.013Z At last they reached the border of the woods and looked out upon a sight that held them spellbound. Bert Wilson at the Wheel 2012-01-14T03:00:19.827Z Then came the great scene of the play, and the young folks were all but spellbound. Dorothy Dale in the City 2012-01-13T03:00:12.213Z The speech in which these proposals were introduced held the House spellbound. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z Kip Burland was on his feet while the others remained spellbound by the brand of light. Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 2012-01-04T03:00:28.750Z The laughter died out, the audience sat spellbound, scarcely breathing. Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star 2012-01-20T03:00:15.013Z When he had finished, every one sat spellbound, paying the highest tribute of a moment of perfect silence. Bert Wilson at the Wheel 2012-01-14T03:00:19.827Z I once gave a Fijian the outline of Mr. Rider Haggard's She, and a few nights later I chanced to hear his version of it delivered to a spellbound native audience. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z The Councillors stood spellbound for an instant, while the Chancellor's eyes roved wildly round the walls, as if expecting the gold names to start from their panels. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z Brown forgot all about his lunch, and turning over page after page read as if spellbound. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z They were spellbound, too; they could not remove their gaze from the apparition, and a kind of nightmare dread took possession of their hearts. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z The widowed shrink continues treating the spellbound patient in order to pursue a growing romance with the mysterious siren. Sex-Switch, Creepy Connick Sink ‘On a Clear Day’: Jeremy Gerard 2011-12-12T19:34:07Z Who among them all has ever managed to hold an audience spellbound in the same way? Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z Fathers dancing with their own daughters for the first time; mothers with their sons; daughters and sons spellbound at the sight of their mothers and fathers dancing together! The Leaven in a Great City 2011-12-05T03:00:48.150Z They watched him--a little spellbound, perhaps; and as they watched him, even before their eyes--behold, he was gone! Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z For a short time only the scene held the little party spellbound. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z Closer the fearful things approached the spellbound trio, till, when within thirty yards, the leading figure stumbled and fell. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z I have seen rough Lancashire audiences, bucolic boors in small country towns, and dour hard-headed Scotsmen, sit spellbound as the story of the woman's sin and her repentance was unfolded before them. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z The girls fell back and gazed spellbound at the shabby, uncomfortable, timid mother. The Leaven in a Great City 2011-12-05T03:00:48.150Z For five minutes she had kept the family spellbound by a circumstantial account of how that afternoon she had seen an automobile truck, loaded with a thousand boxes of eggs, go over the embankment. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z Valentine, charmed by the scene before her, stood as if spellbound. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z Flesh and blood could stand the sight no longer; Mrs Goodrick, who had clung to her husband spellbound during the scene, which had taken in its enactment but a few seconds, fainted away. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z Nevertheless his speech was a superb effort of oratory; for more than two hours he kept his audience spellbound by a flood of epigram, of sustained reasoning, of eloquent appeal. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z And although his own plays were failures, he had the satisfaction of knowing that thousands of people in theatres were spellbound by the modern Morality made out of his novel. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z He limned his ideas lightly, and gave them even fuller glimpse than he had ever yet done of his ultimate hopes; and, waxing eloquent, held them spellbound at the magnitude of the far-reaching possibilities. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z Douglas seized upon his hearers with a kind of titanic grasp and held them captive, enthralled, spellbound for an immortal hour. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z The girl ventured under the canvas and stood as if spellbound. The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong Peg of Tamarack Hills 2011-11-17T03:00:34.720Z A prey to his own secret superstition, though openly ridiculed theosophy, Jack stood spellbound, his fear distorted by the influence of the liquor he had drunk. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z In these smiling valleys and quiet rural scenes, "while the earth keeps up her terrible composure," the farmers and milkmaids hold us spellbound as they struggle in awful passion. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z Then they passed around the obstructing crag, and sat spellbound at the panorama spread out before them. Girl Scouts in the Rockies 2011-11-16T03:00:25.047Z But at last Neli fearfully, still spellbound by the Deacon's eloquence, lifts her eyes to the clock. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z Every member of the little patrol stood looking on—spellbound. The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong Peg of Tamarack Hills 2011-11-17T03:00:34.720Z To say that the audience was spellbound by her rendering of the song would be to stretch a point. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z An intuition, flashing into his mind out of nowhere, held The Phantom spellbound for a moment. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z Even a seemingly jaded journalist for an English-language daily, who earlier made a flippant remark about knowing as much about Gaga as she knew about him, appeared spellbound. India Ink: Muppets, Warhol and Rebirth: Lady Gaga Holds Court in India 2011-10-29T09:08:34Z Other natures stand still, as if spellbound by the beautiful illusion: the desert swallows them up, they become lost to science. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z Two Capuchin missionaries had been there a month, and the church was crowded from early morning until late at night with men and women spellbound by their words. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z She sat silent, spellbound; and presently in the woodland stillness, all around her she heard the delicate and continuous sound—the steady, sustained noise of thousands of tiny jaws, all crunching, all busily working together. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z At the sound of her voice Mrs. O'Neil hurried in from the kitchen and Mary Cody followed her as far as the door and stood there, spellbound with eager interest. In a Mysterious Way 2011-09-25T02:00:17.377Z As the sound outside increased, the voice of the preacher became less audible, but the spellbound and trusting congregation did not move. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z Then he started the strange dance while the others watched spellbound. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z Night after night, crowded audiences, consisting chiefly of teachers and working-people, were spellbound by his wonderful power of exposition and illustration. Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions 2011-09-17T02:00:31.747Z Some Indians brought to a large city remained stolid at the sight of mechanical wonders of bridge, trolley, and telephone, but were held spellbound by the sight of workmen climbing poles to repair wires. How We Think 2011-09-16T02:00:18.973Z All that was known was that something held every one spellbound and motionless in spite of their individual desire to go on out. In a Mysterious Way 2011-09-25T02:00:17.377Z The frivolity of the French court failed to attract him, but for a long time he was spellbound by Amyrault's theological lectures at Saumur. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z Mortimer and Gloucester lie spellbound behind the King. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z Clement could not but call to mind the fabulous fairy palace where spellbound mortals only see the light of day through transparent waters. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z Since I was a child I have been held spellbound by this singular union. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z Suddenly she bent over him, her eyes alight, her face transformed with a tender spiritual beauty that held him spellbound, breathless, drinking in her beauty with his eyes. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z The earnestness of her voice and manner held poor Claude spellbound for a time—spellbound and speechless. In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z Entranced by these strange tales by Quelch’s wonderful voice, she sat spellbound while he told of the famous diamonds of the world. Pink Gods and Blue Demons 2011-08-31T02:01:22.827Z For the stately declamation, the sonorous, and beyond a doubt impressive, chant of Quin and his fellows, Garrick substituted rapid changes of passion and humour in both voice and gesture, which held his audiences spellbound. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z But the man could wait no more, and turned and fled, leaving that ancient mighty company leaning upon its elbow, spellbound thus, waiting for the end. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z Then on some days and nights the ringers practise a kind of bell music, which holds one spellbound. The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer 2011-08-21T02:00:29.747Z The laughter finally subsided, for the time being, sufficiently to permit King Ahasuerus and Queen Esther and Mordecai and Haman to hold their audience spellbound for five minutes. Concerning Sally 2011-08-19T02:00:14.430Z As we have seen, while Whitefield's other auditors were standing mute and spellbound, he was carefully computing the distance that the words of the orator would carry. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z The subjects of death and other intense, wrenching emotions possessed a magnetism which had always held me spellbound. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z Patricia threw her arms about her lover's neck, and her father gazed at her spellbound with fury. The ghosts of their ancestors 2011-08-08T02:00:20.667Z Relieved of the all-absorbing care of providing food, I now was often held spellbound as I wandered over these spots of nature's wonders. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z See how he stands spellbound before saxifrages which cling to a dripping rock. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z The mighty rocks, the deep cracks in which the brush clung with tenuous roots, the wind-wrung, anguished, stunted trees, all held the visitors spellbound. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z His fingers swept the strings in a confident power that showed him a master-musician, and he began a song so full of wonder, mystery and sweetness that Ranulph listened spellbound. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z The boy stood still with labouring breath, as though spellbound. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z Twice before on that day, once in the early morning, and again at noon, had the boy stood as if spellbound, with his eyes riveted on the beautiful spire. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893 2011-07-30T02:00:16.467Z “The swell and roll of his voice struck upon the ears of the spellbound audience, in deep and melodious cadence, as waves upon the shore of the ‘far-resounding’ sea. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z The piece was a very exciting one, full of thrilling incidents and danger, and the girls were held spellbound at the physical feats which some of those actors performed. The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden 2011-07-26T02:00:18.027Z Without employing any of the usual tricks for attracting an audience and keeping them, Lord and Baynham had the auditorium spellbound. Pirates conquer Comic-Con for Aardman 2011-07-22T10:58:41Z Then only the sacred awe which held them spellbound was lifted from the souls of these men, yielding to a commotion unheard of, even among that savage people--in their 'general assembly' at least. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z It was one of transcendent beauty, upon which the human eye seldom rests, and when it does its possessor is spellbound by the bewildering vision. The Mountains of Oregon 2011-07-17T02:00:38.297Z Her eyes were focussed on the eager boy who had crept forward and was standing spellbound before her—the most conspicuous of the group of dark-faced, bewildered children. America First 2011-07-15T02:00:25.100Z And in the midst of the picturesque and beautiful confusion, Valentine sat, reclining in an easy chair, fascinated, spellbound by an illustrated volume of Shakespeare's plays. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z For an hour and 46 minutes Murray held the Braehead Arena spellbound with the sheer brilliance of his . Tears flow after Andy Murray leads Great Britain to Davis Cup win 2011-07-10T18:28:02Z Even the reporters and broadcasters who had witnessed dozens of other launchings sounded spellbound by the liftoff on Friday. A Demonstration of Science Seemingly Made for TV 2011-07-08T23:52:57Z I was spellbound, dazzled by this sublime exhibition of Almighty power. A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado 2011-07-03T02:00:07.507Z And he was spellbound at the first moment by the sight of a boy about nine years old, lying in a narrow cut of the coal, with a great block of coal across his body. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z The king died in misery and grief, leaving his two daughters spellbound. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z I was spellbound by fireworks and how they went from being inert grains of metal to spectacular displays of color in the sky. A Journey in Sharing Science: From the Lab to Social Media and Beyond 2011-06-28T13:15:00.250Z As they halted, spellbound, to breathe mountain air, to drink salt breeze, Isabel again looked at her husband. The Higher Court 2011-06-27T02:01:00.213Z She stood spellbound, a strange terror gripping her heart. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z Tommy gazed spellbound, and the evil genius cautiously held out at arm’s length a stick from which a small water-tortoise hung by one tortured leg. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z It was the army boys' first glimpse of a battle in the air and the grim game held them spellbound. Army Boys in France or, From Training Camp to Trenches 2011-06-15T02:00:18.907Z When he turned and glared at her, growling savagely, Ruth was held spellbound in her tracks! Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch Schoolgirls Among Cowboys 2011-06-14T02:00:23.130Z “Don’t none of you forgit he’s my pop,” she threatened in a tone that held the girls who listened spellbound and amazed. Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold 2011-06-14T02:00:22.083Z He stood staring and spellbound, for he had recognized the inventor in an instant. Airship Andy or The Luck of a Brave Boy 2011-06-13T02:00:31.130Z He stood spellbound for a few seconds, wondering where she could have dropped from. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z I called, for she stood as if spellbound, her eyes fixed upon the crouching, growling animal. Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z I wondered, as I gazed spellbound at this baleful creature, whether she were woman, serpent, devil, or all three in one. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z But the excitement of the moment held the girls spellbound, and Miss Cullam herself merely stepped back a pace. Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold 2011-06-14T02:00:22.083Z The speech held the House spellbound, and its conclusion was greeted by prolonged cheering. The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z Utterly unprepared for what was to come, the French divisions gazed for a short while spellbound at the strange phenomenon they saw coming slowly towards them. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z Its sensitive and well-seasoned shell will acknowledge and respond to the hand of the master, and the souls of many great musicians will, we hope, often speak through it to spellbound hearers. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z I was spellbound, the veil of the past was torn up, I was fairly carried back against the stream of time. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z Sometimes I have been led to half believe the fellow exists only in the fancy of a spellbound idler like you and me. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z Complicated details, which in other hands would have been dry and lifeless, kept the listener spellbound. The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z Then his attention was riveted spellbound by what was taking place in the yard. The Snow-Burner 2011-05-17T02:00:21.527Z I can see my mother sitting, watching, and listening like one spellbound. A Crime of the Under-seas 2011-05-17T02:00:16.540Z The dozens along the sidewalk who have been held spellbound by what they have found to be so delicious a comedy turn to one another with delighted smiles—and move along again on their way. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z From the garden came Prince Myrtle, the Marquis of Carrabas, Cinderella, and a hundred other knights and maidens who had been spellbound there for years; and they all thanked Lieblich Gedacht for setting them free. The Blue Rose Fairy Book 2011-05-03T02:00:18.777Z The six thousand in this great church were sitting as though spellbound. Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z It was the calm, ghastly brutality of the man, the complete brutality of an animal, dominated by a human intelligence, that held Toppy spellbound. The Snow-Burner 2011-05-17T02:00:21.527Z The vigor of the onset and the skill of the antagonists held me spellbound. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z Then he held the crowd spellbound while he spoke in his defence, and when he had finished, none moved, but they all pressed closer to him as though they could not bear to leave him. The Great Captain: A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh 2011-04-19T02:00:15.690Z One story brought up another, and through it all Luther Snow sat there, listening as though spellbound. The Outdoor Chums on a Houseboat 2011-04-13T02:00:14.140Z As he told it, it was a dramatic story which held Celeste spellbound. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z But now, as he stood, the man's words reached him, and, in a moment, their startling purpose held him spellbound. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z The novel rivets the deep interest of the reader, and holds it spellbound to the end. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z For four hours he held his audience spellbound while he set forth with convincing logic the meaning of the Constitution. American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History 2011-04-03T02:00:17.547Z The other girls’ fingers rested motionlessly on their soup spoons for an instant, during which they looked at their Peggy, spellbound. Peggy Parsons at Prep School 2011-04-01T02:00:43.170Z Charles would have withdrawn his eyes, but he was held as if spellbound by the tragedy which was being enacted, with him as the sole spectator. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z Monica had been held spellbound by the force and determination underlying every unconsidered word Phyllis uttered, and now she sprang from her seat, caught in the rush of the other's enthusiasm. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z In the dim light they are unable to distinguish the strange horseman from one of themselves, and their surprise is but increased with their superstitious terror, both holding them spellbound. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z Ah, Abbot! at the sight of her I stood spellbound, enchanted! The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z The expression of sheer joy upon her husband’s face held Helen spellbound, and Cerini was obliged to repeat his suggestion that they return to his study by another route. The Spell 2011-03-20T02:00:34.173Z One point in this long chain of events always held him spellbound; that was his finding Clarissa at the concert. Professor Huskins 2011-03-13T03:00:20.620Z Audie followed the direction of his gaze and sat spellbound, listening to the sound of hurrying feet as they crushed the brittle underlay of the woods. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z The glory of the Arctic night had held her spellbound; the beauty of the North enthralled her. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Bud sat spellbound, recalling the day when, heartsick and lonely, he had ventured into the woods and found a brother in the black buck. The Black Fawn 2011-03-07T03:00:09.513Z Mamma stands spellbound for a moment, and then flings the door open and cries out. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z Where some of us stood watching, aghast and spellbound by this burning horror, the ground trembled and surged violently to and fro. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z If he was enchanted, I was spellbound even as true Thomas. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z The whole of that long afternoon he held the children spellbound. Lewis Carroll in Wonderland and at Home The Story of His Life 2011-03-01T03:00:47.317Z She started back, but did not fly--only remained standing as if spellbound. Blanche 2011-02-27T03:00:34.170Z The great life of nature, spellbound and withheld in this sultry languor, will awake with some convulsion, angrily demanding a victim. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z She is enchanted, and stands there for a minute or two spellbound by the glory of the scene before her. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z But quickly comes another realistic touch in the reproof to the spellbound spirits not there to loiter listening to the strain, but to hurry forward to their destined bourne. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z The little group gazed spellbound at the extraordinarily accurate synopsis of the facilities offered by the placid country of Yorkshire for the devilish purposes of war. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z Since I have had it, I can read no other book: it holds me entirely spellbound, and I go through it again and again with deepening delight and wonder. The Letters of Anne Gilchrist and Walt Whitman 2011-02-26T03:00:49.377Z For a moment he gazes after her, as if spellbound. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z There was a brightness in his eye and a smile upon his lip, for he was gazing across the court at just such a scene as once almost spellbound the curate. Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes 2011-02-25T03:01:05.303Z Hence villainy, immorality, crime, may be so artistically pictured that our emotions are worked upon and though our moral sense is shocked we are held spellbound in witnessing these malign forces in nature. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z And he stood spellbound, completely over-mastered by a new power of fascination. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z We stand in silence, as if spellbound by the grandeur of some wondrous painting. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z He was in the act of hurrying away, but now stood still as though spellbound. 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day 2011-02-09T03:00:49.283Z This mysterious power seemed also to subdue Fernow; as if spellbound, his glance rested upon her face; he saw that she was waiting, waiting for a farewell. A Hero of the Pen 2011-02-04T03:00:19.217Z At a recent medical conference in Miami, I sat spellbound as Dr. Stephen Ferrara, a commander in the Navy, delivered a keynote address describing his work in a mobile hospital in Afghanistan. Well: Caring for the Chart or the Patient? 2011-02-02T19:17:21Z Many executives at Davos this year appear spellbound by how China and other emerging markets are marching powerfully ahead with the help of the heavy hand of the state. DealBook: Cameron Joins Innovation Bandwagon at Davos 2011-01-28T12:59:59Z "He is close at hand," panted Jack, and the next moment they came upon a startling sight, which, for a brief while, held them spellbound. Where Duty Called or, In Honor Bound 2011-01-01T03:00:22.753Z The whole force of his personal presence was shown at this moment--his bare appearance had the most subduing effect upon the just now fiercely excited multitude, who suddenly stood, as it were, spellbound. 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day 2011-02-09T03:00:49.283Z In the group one face caught his eye and held him spellbound. The Baron's Sons 2010-12-20T17:12:02.667Z I could only gaze spellbound at him as he slept. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z I've always felt the IOC edges it, though you may hold alternative views, but we can all watch spellbound as these parasites benefit at the expense of the host organism. London's Olympic rings start losing their halo effect| Marina Hyde 2010-08-25T23:06:00Z “Author’s first novel blends anthropology, scholarship, voodoo and violence in a story that will keep you spellbound from the opening scene to the last page — and beyond.” | The Village: Inside Partners & Crime, Rivers of Blood 2010-05-27T23:02:00Z "NEW COURSE" Danny Jordaan, boss of the local organizing committee, says that after years of dire predictions that Africa would fail, the world will be "spellbound" on June 11. After years of doubt, South Africa is ready 2010-05-18T01:58:00Z One needed but to give him a theme, and he could hold his simple auditors spellbound by the hour. The Baron's Sons 2010-12-20T17:12:02.667Z But the Red Shirts did achieve a measure of success in making the world more aware of their movement with a black magic ceremony that spellbound news directors of international cable networks and their viewers. In Thailand, A Little Black Magic Is Politics as Usual 2010-03-20T07:10:00Z He emerges as incurious, perhaps even spellbound, in his billionaire friend's company. Lord Ashcroft | The peer's entrance | Editorial 2010-03-19T00:05:00Z During it, he told a spellbound capacity audience, “The Torah is a playbook for how someone can live their life.” 2010-02-06T07:11:00Z But I wound up spending hours there, spellbound by the variety, ingenuity and beauty of the devices on view. 2010-02-04T11:00:00Z But politicians and the business press remain uncritically spellbound by the equation "all GDP growth is good". 2010-01-26T12:14:00Z Her bluntly told story, with all its details, held him spellbound. The Girl From Tim's Place I was so spellbound for a few moments that I let the opportunity pass to shoot. Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. She was spellbound by the marvellous beauty of the sea and sky. Capricious Caroline The form sat spellbound; and Mr. Hanbury was too astonished to break the silence. "Pip" A Romance of Youth The guests were conducted, by a new way, to yet another portion of the magnificent garden, and here they were suddenly introduced to a spectacle which held them spellbound for a little while. The Great Mogul And now he had her almost spellbound on this lonely shore, with the sea murmuring at their feet and the cool winds whispering in the pine trees shading them. The Girl From Tim's Place The reader, whoever he may be, and however strongly he may disagree with much that he reads, is spellbound from first to last. A Divided Heart and Other Stories She was still standing in the centre of the room, a strangely spellbound, dumfounded little figure. The Belovéd Traitor It was just possible, even in war-time delays, that it had reached her, he calculated, as the eyes of the portrait held him spellbound. Where the Path Breaks But this young Englishman who sat there spellbound, absorbed in the consciousness of this new and sweet emotion, was not one of these. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 I think Angie must ’a’ ben spellbound the same way when she fetched her here to crowd out her betters.” The Girl From Tim's Place Eagerly she drank in every one of my words; her feverishly glowing eyes hung spellbound upon my lips, and from time to time a feeble sigh escaped her. The Wish A Novel As though spellbound, a whiteness creeping into his face, Jean stood tense and motionless there in the road. The Belovéd Traitor After having bestowed a last embrace on his wretched sister, Martial stood petrified with terror, unable to speak or move, and as though perfectly spellbound by the horrible scene before him. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 6 of 6 Lost was he now to the time and place and that spellbound audience; lost to the burst of applause that again shook the very building, to the men who cheered, the women who wept. Rockhaven It was humorous, pathetic, and tragic all in one, and a tale that held its listeners spellbound for three delightful hours. The Girl From Tim's Place I sat spellbound, for it was, as my son had said, not the effort of a tyro, but the cultivated voice of a cultivated man. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893 Every one was devouring the last panic-ridden sheet, some hurrying home, others stopping in their tracks spellbound to read to the end. Making Money He stood spellbound at her revelation, unable to find a word. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel Enjoy hardly expresses it," she answered earnestly; "I was spellbound, enraptured, and moved to tears. Rockhaven Breathlessly he had sought and found a cheap room in a students' lodging house, and afterward, guided by the moonlight, he had wandered, spellbound, about the campus. The Guarded Heights He had a clear, resonant, deep voice, and when he sent it thundering over the heads of his people, the air seemed to catch fire, and they listened dumbfounded and spellbound. Yiddish Tales Raising himself on his short legs, he beckoned to me, and I immediately felt myself spellbound. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I It gave her an excited sense of satisfaction that, however much he opposed her confessed profession, the thing she had created held him spellbound. Cinderella Jane And when she had held that vast throng spellbound, entranced, breathless, until the last exquisite note had vibrated in their hearts, and bowed again once more, a tornado of sound burst forth. Rockhaven Go home, fool!" hissed a voice in his ear, as he sat silent and spellbound in the dusk, "go home, shamed one. The Firebrand The music ceased, and yet the silence held her spellbound, vainly praying for the strength to go away. The Master's Violin Up and down, up and down, twisting, curvetting, Tommy Bung held his audience spellbound with rhythm. A Bed of Roses As Gerdak crumbled to the ground, his spellbound warriors came to life. The Return of Tharn Christina's eyes did not look at her with reproach or with sorrow, but, it seemed, with terror, a wild, infectious terror; Milly felt it seize her as she stood, spellbound, by the door. The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece They faltered, then they heeded his desire, Then paused to hearken with suspended breath, And spellbound listened through that awful fire Till every one of them was burned to death. The Book of Gud The exploits at once rivet attention and hold it spellbound to the end. A Traitor's Wooing He seemed spellbound by the woman on the sofa. A Bed of Roses Yet we have been spellbound, and deeply stirred, as we have slowly read and mused over his pages. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 "Nicholas, are you mad—what has happened to you?" she murmured, spellbound, not daring to move. The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece I gazed at it spellbound, but in the dim light could not make out whether it had rattles or not. A-Birding on a Bronco The Leicester Post.—"The novel rivets the deep interest of the reader, and holds it spellbound to the end." A Traitor's Wooing For some seconds all the girls gazed spellbound at the frozen figure in the cashbox. A Bed of Roses Always susceptible to the influence of music the girl stood spellbound. Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins Susan, however, noticed nothing amiss in his manner and listened spellbound as he talked glowingly of the little blue coup�. Penny Nichols Finds a Clue So the Honorable Calvin, frowning and with one finger thrust in his coat, by his dramatic silence held his audience for a moment spellbound. The Loves of Ambrose She stood gazing at him as though spellbound. Shadows of Flames A Novel There was something very wonderful and awe-inspiring about the whole process that held the boys spellbound. Bert Wilson at Panama I waited breathlessly to see where his wonderful logic and eloquence would finally lead him and us, while the jury hung in spellbound attention on his every word. A Master Hand The Story of a Crime The Penguins sat up in their beds and listened spellbound. The Underpup Maria's charming voice and personal fascination held the public spellbound, and raised the delight of opera-goers to a wild pitch of enthusiasm. Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday But though Sophy yielded to these first bewildering moments of sudden glamour, she was not in the least minded to enter into a long, unbroken, spellbound dalliance. Shadows of Flames A Novel "Alarums without—and enter the king!" came a thick voice from the doorway, a voice that arrested Judith a second time and held her spellbound. Thirty One moment the sad magnificence of dying day held her spellbound, then conscience spoke again, and she hurried into the kitchen. Clover and Blue Grass The sweeping roar of the flames attracted me and held me spellbound, but I hope I shall never be under such a spell again. Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction The fascination and charm which held the listener spellbound could not be analyzed. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter Gasping, high-pitched words came to their ears, and the story that those words told held them spellbound. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 A patriotic speech made when he was only seventeen years old held his hearers spellbound by its eloquence. The Greater Republic A History of the United States Some mysterious and awful peril seemed to be rolling in upon him now, holding him spellbound and powerless to move. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance It held him spellbound with its green incandescence flashing forth from the darkness down there in the far depths. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt Hans had seen the brute, and stood spellbound. Tales of South Africa All spellbound there in the clear light of the broad moon, flooding down upon ridge and valley, and loom of mountain misty against the stars. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising |
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