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Example sentences for: captivating

How can you use “captivating” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

As we look into the sun, all is a silvery glitter, a captivating light show with this one color.
Christie "renders such a captivating performance that she alone justifies the price of admission," says Variety 's Leonard Klady.
Beyond the bay is Gibara (27 km/17 miles north of Holguín), a captivating if sleepy little port town.
The New York Times ' Janet Maslin, on the other hand, says the "audaciously beautiful imagery, captivating symmetries and brilliantly facile tricks" redeem the film.
Is she "comically over the top, attention-grabbing and at times hysterical" (Anthony Tommasini, the New York Times ), or is she simply a "captivating comic presence" (Charles Isherwood, Variety )? Not everyone loved the production: New York 's Peter Davis says, "[T]he characters [are] foggily defined and the heart of the opera left unexamined."