Captivating

Examples

• My dear,' said Mrs Lammle, always laughing in her most captivating way, 'the poor young fellow only says that he is stricken all of a heap. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I never in my life,' he thought, 'saw anything so remarkable and so captivating as the lighting of those features! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• I could only sit down before my fire, biting the key of my carpet-bag, and think of the captivating, girlish, bright-eyed lovely Dora. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• All he said was so free from effort and spontaneous and was said with such a captivating gaiety that it was fascinating to hear him talk. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• They had begun to fail him before he entered the house, and they were quite overcome by the captivating manners of Mrs. Dashwood. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• He is a man of attainments and of captivating manners. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Now don't you be offended at what I'm a going to say,' observed Mrs. Mann, with captivating sweetness. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• It was enough to secure his good opinion; for to be unaffected was all that a pretty girl could want to make her mind as captivating as her person. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Will they not be sophisms captivating to the ear, having nothing in them genuine, or worthy of or akin to true wisdom? Plato. The Republic.
• Our young friends, losing the youthful poetry which was once so captivating in them, begin to think, 'This is a man who wants pounds. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• A trifle, perhaps, she's such a captivating little woman I can't help being proud of her. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.

Edited by Bradley