Entranced is an English word with synonyms like beguiled or captivated. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Entranced meaning
- Placed in a trance.
- Held at attention, as if by magic.
Synonyms of Entranced
Using Entranced
- The main meaning on this page is: Placed in a trance. | Held at attention, as if by magic.
- Useful related words include: beguiled, captivated, charmed, delighted.
- In the example corpus, entranced often appears in combinations such as: entranced by, was entranced, immediately entranced.
Context around Entranced
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 10 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 2 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Entranced
- In this selection, "entranced" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, seems, world, otherworlders, louis, eyes and travellers stand out and add context to how "entranced" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and is entranced by bread and baseball world entranced. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "entranced" sits close to words such as aaryan, acrimony and akash, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with entranced
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Mrs. Lovett appears entranced by the boy. (7 words)
A young sea lion seems entranced by its crabby friend. (10 words)
Ms. Franklin only meant to introduce herself, but he was entranced. (11 words)
They call out the bankruptcy of an inept and corrupt ruling class, blinded by hubris, as well as a populace that has checked out of civic life and is entranced by bread and circus spectacles. (35 words)
Is it that as a culture, or as a species, we’re fascinated with the parts of us that are going to reproduce and entranced with the possibility of our own futures? (32 words)
Nolan is always entranced by the vast and the tiny; “Inception” (2010), wherein city streets fold like paper under the pressure of dreams, concludes with a spinning top. (28 words)
But what are the traits that got him to the majors, and have the baseball world entranced? (17 words)
Is it that as a culture, or as a species, we’re fascinated with the parts of us that are going to reproduce and entranced with the possibility of our own futures? (32 words)
Wave this assemblage in front of your cat’s entranced eyes and voila! (13 words)
Example sentences (20)
A young sea lion seems entranced by its crabby friend.
But what are the traits that got him to the majors, and have the baseball world entranced?
Campfire Cooking in Another World With My Absurd SkillRestaurant to Another World have otherworlders entranced with Japanese and Earth cuisine with zero digestive problems.
Fans find themselves completely entranced by these couples and the messy relationships they're witnessing.
Mrs. Lovett appears entranced by the boy.
Ms. Franklin only meant to introduce herself, but he was entranced.
Nolan is always entranced by the vast and the tiny; “Inception” (2010), wherein city streets fold like paper under the pressure of dreams, concludes with a spinning top.
The innkeeper’s son, young Jim Hawkins (), seems ill at ease yet entranced by the visitor.
The mythological story told here, with a score by Jean-Baptiste Lully, so entranced Louis XIV that his affection became synonymous with the music.
They call out the bankruptcy of an inept and corrupt ruling class, blinded by hubris, as well as a populace that has checked out of civic life and is entranced by bread and circus spectacles.
After it was transported into the ward and uncovered, it took the children only a few minutes to become entranced by the latest addition to Ward Five.
On the other hand, some end up being entranced by its style of storytelling and stick with it.
Wave this assemblage in front of your cat’s entranced eyes and voila!
While approaching Limerick, Wordsworth found himself entranced by the majestic Shannon River.
And in 2017, Harrison took to a public piano in Manchester Airport, where he entranced travellers with his rendition of I Giorni by Ludovico Einaudi.
He fled the Northeast for a better opportunity elsewhere, entranced by the prospect of professional satisfaction and personal fulfillment, the makings of a magnificent sunset.
Is it that as a culture, or as a species, we’re fascinated with the parts of us that are going to reproduce and entranced with the possibility of our own futures?
I was entranced — I wondered how it made its way across the Pacific and on to the East Coast.
Magda met the Fuhrer in 1931 and she was immediately entranced by him.
My cat Charlie was especially entranced by them and would run back and forth with them, never tiring of the entertainment.
Common combinations with entranced
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- entranced by 25×
- was entranced 4×
- immediately entranced 4×
- entranced with 3×
- so entranced 3×
- is entranced 3×
- become entranced 3×
- and entranced 3×
- entranced and 2×