How do you use Smitten in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like stricken or infatuated, plus the exact meaning.
Smitten in a sentence
Smitten meaning
- Affected by an act of smiting.
- Made irrationally enthusiastic.
Synonyms of Smitten
Using Smitten
- The main meaning on this page is: Affected by an act of smiting. | Affected by an act of smiting. | Made irrationally enthusiastic.
- Useful related words include: stricken, taken with, soft on, in love.
- In the example corpus, smitten often appears in combinations such as: smitten with, smitten by, was smitten.
Context around Smitten
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 13 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Smitten
- In this selection, "smitten" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, instantly, looked, seems, tully and parent stand out and add context to how "smitten" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after becoming smitten with the and be as smitten with israel. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "smitten" sits close to words such as abolitionist, accomplishing and airframe, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with smitten
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But Matt remained smitten after graduation. (6 words)
Fans were smitten by her beauty. (6 words)
He looked smitten by his idol. (6 words)
The folding action is a dance of engineering and you’ll be smitten by the drama of it with the intricacies of all of the pieces that work to stow or close the roof. (34 words)
A key element of the romance thriller is how the racist prison guard is forced to re-examine his own prejudices after becoming smitten with the African American wife of his last executed prisoner. (34 words)
Good ol' Freddy is instantly smitten and does what any reasonable person would do in his situation — he follows Eliza home with flowers and stalks her street while singing love ballads. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
All it took was that first trip for my husband to be as smitten with Israel as I was and still am.
But Matt remained smitten after graduation.
Fans were smitten by her beauty.
Good ol' Freddy is instantly smitten and does what any reasonable person would do in his situation — he follows Eliza home with flowers and stalks her street while singing love ballads.
He looked smitten by his idol.
However smitten a passing family might be by these lively animals, they cannot simply write a check and take them home.
I recorded one cattle egret video that I’m particularly smitten with along the Río Cañas when one individual gave the camera lens a long, hard stare.
It seems once people realize we're not the state of Iowa, they become smitten with our rural-meets-metropolitan lifestyle.
Luke and Ashley dated for only three months but seemed smitten when both attended BravoCon.
She puts intellect first, which makes for a touching scene when she has to tell the smitten Tully that they just aren’t right for each other.
Smitten by the film “Saturday Night Fever,” Montano traded his jockey boots for ballet slippers and applied to Adelphi University’s dance department at age 20 without any prior training.
The folding action is a dance of engineering and you’ll be smitten by the drama of it with the intricacies of all of the pieces that work to stow or close the roof.
The hunky NFL star is reportedly "smitten" with the blonde beauty.
The smitten parent didn’t hesitate to respond.
We met on a blind date in London in 1961, and I was instantly smitten with this handsome, extremely charming man.
While Murphy has crafted some of the most indelible television entertainment in recent history — including “American Horror Story” — Chastain was most smitten by Swift.
A key element of the romance thriller is how the racist prison guard is forced to re-examine his own prejudices after becoming smitten with the African American wife of his last executed prisoner.
An onlooker told Daily Mail Australia at the time that Danika looked smitten with the footballer and was practically sitting on his lap while gazing wistfully into his eyes.
A source in attendance told MailOnline: "Katie seems smitten with Eamonn.
But despite the long list of beautiful women he has been linked to, Leo seems smitten with his partner.
Common combinations with smitten
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- smitten with 39×
- smitten by 16×
- was smitten 12×
- completely smitten 7×
- smitten and 6×
- were smitten 5×
- is smitten 5×
- instantly smitten 4×
- so smitten 4×
- the smitten 3×