Fascinating

Examples

• We have in our police reports realism pushed to its extreme limits, and yet the result is, it must be confessed, neither fascinating nor artistic. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• There has been no inventor who has covered such a field, and each step he takes opens new and fascinating vistas to his ever-inquiring eyes. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• It is a picture that really holds one's attention; its beauty is fascinating. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• But,' quoth the fascinating Tippins, 'I am resolved on getting something more out of you. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Monseigneur was out at a little supper most nights, with fascinating company. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The eighteenth century, keenly curious and ceaselessly active in this fascinating field of investigation, had not, after all, left much of a legacy in either principles or appliances. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I could make no sense of the subject; my own thoughts swam always between me and the page I had usually found fascinating. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• It is fascinating to watch this kind of conservative in action. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• 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.
• Nor did her angry dislike prevent Adrian from imaging my father, as he had said, the type of all that was gallant, amiable, and fascinating in man. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The story of the marvellous inventions of the century in electricity is a fascinating one, but in length and details it is also marvellous, and we must hasten unwillingly to a close. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• O boofer lady, fascinating boofer lady! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The evolution and development of the spoon into the graceful and beautiful forms in use on our tables is fascinating and instructive. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• But no one could have been nicer--no airs, you know, and so good-natured: I can quite see why people think her so fascinating. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• But the solitude of the one is as cheerful and fascinating as the solitude of the other is dismal and repellant. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He was courteous, honey-tongued--an adept in fascinating arts. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• You want nothing but patienceor give it a more fascinating name, call it hope. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• He sat with them for two or three hours discussing his wonderful trip, and telling some fascinating stories of adventure. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Had the Major possessed a little more personal vanity he would have been jealous of so dangerous a young buck as that fascinating Bengal Captain. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Of course, he said, bringing his chair nearer mine and breaking into his fascinating smile, of course it's not business. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• There is a shepherd--youth, a friend of mine, who transmutes them into something highly fascinating to my simplicity. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Rough portents had met him on his first admission to Fieldhead; but that passage got over, charming and fascinating he resolved to be. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I don't want you to take any trouble upon yourself, or to try to be fascinating. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Some strange, dark, convulsive power was in Hermione, fascinating and repelling. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He was gay, playful, fascinating--but never did he overstep the modesty of nature, or the respect due to himself, in his wildest sallies. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The same, madam, a fascinating man! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Edison's laboratory notes on this striking investigation are fascinating and voluminous, but cannot be reproduced in full for lack of space. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I had heard that she was lovely, amiable, and fascinating. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• But all appeared so ingenuous, and all was so fascinating, that I forgot everything except the pleasure his society afforded me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Not the least interesting to Tarzan was the part played by finger prints in this fascinating science. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

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