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How to use the word captivate in a Sentence?

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Poetry has been a source of entertainment for centuries, whether through spoken word performances, recitations, or written works. It can captivate audiences and provide a source of enjoyment.

Oscar Auliq-Ice

added by Auliq-Ice
6 months ago

Poetry often emphasizes the beauty of language and the sound of words. The use of rhyme, rhythm, and figurative language can create a sensory experience that goes beyond mere information or prose. This aesthetic appeal can captivate and engage readers or listeners.

Oscar Auliq-Ice

added by Auliq-Ice
6 months ago

Poetry can captivate audiences and provide a source of enjoyment.

Oscar Auliq-Ice

added by Auliq-Ice
6 months ago

Control in this context does not mean domineering others or dominating a conversation...Your framing should enthuse and captivate the audience rather than trying to convince them of your own notions or viewpoints.”

Josh King Madrid

added by JoshKingMadrid
1 year ago

It continues to blow my mind how literally we just moved so fast from one crisis to the next, cOVID was something that really did captivate us, even imprisoned some people. The entire world was in the same situation.

Matthew Toboroff

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The mission provides hope and unity, as our cosmic neighbor, Mars continues to captivate our imagination.

Thomas Zurbuchen

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I don’t have superior intelligence or faultless looks. I do not captivate a room or run a mile in under six minutes. I only succeeded because I was still working after everyone else went to sleep.

Greg Evans

added by Normando
5 years ago

Boring old Hillary versus Bernie just didn’t seem to captivate people’s imagination here.

Tom Whalen

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

All kinds of beauty do not inspire love: there is a kind of it which pleases only the sight, but does not captivate the affections.

Cervantes

added by anonymous
12 years ago

Earthly minds, like mud walls, resist the strongest batteries; and though, perhaps, somethimes the force of a clear argument may make some impression, yet they nevertheless stand firm, keep out the enemy, truth, that would captivate or disturbe them.

John Locke

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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