spellbound
/ˈspɛlˌbaʊnd/ adjective B2- Under the influence of a magical spell; enchanted, bewitched, or supernaturally constrained.
- Fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell; captivated. · The story left the children spellbound.
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Albert instantly rose to meet him, but Franz remained, in a manner, spellbound on his chair; for in the person of him who had just entered he recognized not only the mysterious visitant to the Colosseum, and the occupant of the box at the Teatro Argentina, but also his extraordinary host of Monte Cristo.
His genius lay in his ability to weave complex tapestries of human experience, carefully dispensing them piece by piece to a spellbound nation.
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