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• v  cause to be interested or curious
• v  to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe
• v  attract; cause to be enamored
• s  capable of arousing and holding the attention
  a fascinating story
• s  capturing interest as if by a spell
  a fascinating woman

• A new book released in the UK, Unseen Companions, reveals through close-up photography the fascinating and often beautiful organisms that share our world.
• David Chase stripped the show down, one unsentimentally eliminated character at a time, to its dark core: a study of a fascinating, evil man.
• TFK readers are just beginning to realize what a complex, fascinating world we live in.

• intrigue
• fascinate
• transfix
• grip
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• capture
• enamour
• trance
• catch
• becharm
• enamor
• captivate
• beguile
• charm
• bewitch
• entrance
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• absorbing
• engrossing
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• riveting
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News & Articles

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• Growth in minority vote helping Democrats
  Part of what makes Florida such a fascinating state for politics is its ever-changing electorate, and few people do a better job crunching the numbers than Democratic consultant Steve Schale in Tallahassee.
  June 17, 2013 - Tampa Bay Times
• Rubio and Cruz: GOP superstars - CEPEDA
  CHICAGO -- It's fascinating that two Hispanic men -- both of whom are further to the right of where most Latinos stand on immigration -- are at the epicenter of the current reform debate.
  June 17, 2013 - The Oakland Press
• A Letter From A Japanese Father To His Son
  My dear friend Itaru Tanaka was an exceptionally fine man who had a full, fascinating and distinguished life. His exposure as a child to death, suffering and destruction in Tokyo during World War II undoubtedly helped to shape his strong values, discipline and character. His career following graduation from Tokyo University as a well-known war correspondent, president of the Japan Press Club and ...
  June 16, 2013 - Forbes

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in United Press International
  This is, you know, fascinating to me. I think what we saw this morning is why the American people are tired of Washington politicians and the games they play,Obama said. "Look, Sen. Clinton made an unfortunate remark, an ill-advised...
• Roger Ebert in Guardian Unlimited
  It is always fascinating to go back and see what was being said about a film before it opened,Ebert said.
• Donald Trump in Philadelphia Daily News
  Trump added, "Barbara has become a sad figurehead dominated by a third-rate comedian, and I now wish she had not recently chosen me as one of the 10 Most Fascinating People."