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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
fascinate .
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Examples
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What fascinates is his vision of our world, a vision both grim and sardonic, though his sympathies are plainly with victims of every stamp.
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What fascinates is his vision of our world, a vision both grim and sardonic, though his sympathies are plainly with victims of every stamp.
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Something catches his fancy, like a shiny coin fascinates a crow, and he plays with it.
The Tower of Fear Cook, Glen 1989
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AS THERE are persons whose expression fascinates and wins us through something that we keenly feel but cannot clearly understand, so is it also true of some natural scenes.
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Point 1: Anderson begins speaking of a Latin fortune teller named Walter Mercado, who "fascinates" him.
Archive 2005-04-01 Michelle Collins 2005
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The thing that kind of fascinates me is this: The Rangers are getting rid of a guy who was a total overpaid bust, and another guy who was supposed to score and didn't, and wasn't coming back as a UFA anyway.
Rangers Report 2010
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a glowing arch, quivering with an intensity of color, such as fascinates the eye of the eagle to the noonday sun.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 Various
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"So I don't know if it 'fascinates' people, but the mainstream became aware of them because in many ways, a small number of them hijacked the means of communication and business.
CNN.com 2009
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I was exposed to a lot of unsavory things at a very young age, but till today I think it still fascinates me how I handled them.
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It is this wine making lineage that fascinates Mr. Moosbrugger.
An Ecclesiastical Heritage Will Lyons 2011
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