How to Use fascinate in a Sentence

fascinate

verb
  • Her paintings never fail to fascinate.
  • Still, in the right hands, pretty can fascinate.
    — Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026
  • That was part of it, just getting into an era that fascinates me.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
  • We were fascinated by the fact that part of the building still stands there.
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 June 2018
  • The ropes, wires and shifting sets that keep the play moving fascinate her.
    — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 16 June 2022
  • She was fascinated by the use of language and the way her students used it.
    — Andrea Cavallier, NBC News, 24 Dec. 2019
  • Moore was a silent film star who was fascinated by dolls and doll houses as a youngster.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Hall is aware of the concerns about kids being fascinated with guns in the wrong way.
    — Martin Kaste, NPR, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Gone are the days of just rolling a ball around or being fascinated by their face in a mirror.
    — Jessica Booth, Parents, 1 Nov. 2023
  • This has to do, partly, with why we are fascinated by heroes in the first place.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • One of the things that fascinates me is the pivotal role of rodeos in the family’s life.
    — Josh Haner, National Geographic, 29 June 2018
  • Is there an end to what’s fascinating about working in this kind of setting?
    — Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 12 July 2019
  • None has fascinated me as much as fraudsters.
    — Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Ange Postecoglou fascinates me.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • This is still the same New York, and that's what fascinated me.
    — CBS News, 29 June 2019
  • The idea of the ouroboros (a snake eating its tail) has always fascinated me.
    — Peter Bogdanovich, IndieWire, 13 May 2026
  • And like me, she is fascinated by lifestyle and telling a story.
    — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 3 July 2024
  • Luhrmann has been fascinated by the response to the screenings so far.
    — John Nogowski, Hartford Courant, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Yet, there are those who are not just fascinated by Keane’s work, but inspired by it.
    — Liz Ohanesian, Los Angeles Magazine, 12 Jan. 2018
  • Adelman is fascinated enough by the trend to try it himself.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
  • At eight years old, Hoffner was fascinated by the toy.
    — Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Take classes that fascinate you.
    — Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Why does Kubrick’s work continue to fascinate, thrill, and move us?
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
  • He has always been fascinated by them.
    — Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • But the idea has always fascinated him.
    — Barry Levitt, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
  • That singular point of view fascinates me.
    — Callum McLennan, Variety, 23 Mar. 2026
  • People tend to be fascinated by half-and-half beings.
    — Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The school’s origins are cultish, an area that fascinates Martin.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025
  • There was a mythic aspect to it, and I was fascinated by the ocean.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Celmins was terrified of the airplanes and fascinated by them at the same time.
    — Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2019

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