The success of 'The Full Monty' took us by surprise It was a low-budget British film but because of its heart it captivated everybody.
That feat received no fanfare in the United States, but it captivated Japan because it was the first 200-hit season in the history of professional baseball there.
The comment seems to have captivated the political psyche because it reinforces the Democrats' biggest line of attack against Mr. Romney, as well as the Republicans' worst fear: that Mr. Romney's net worth, estimated at $200 million, leaves him out of touch and unable to relate to average Americans who are struggling.
Of the many crimes involving Americans overseas, this one captivated the news media because Ms. Knox came across as an attractive girl next door yet was accused of heinous crimes and lurid sexual behavior.
Just as he captivated the world, Muhammad Ali more than captivated Africa because of all that he represented to Africans and to all those people who stand up for their beliefs and against injustice, discrimination, and against racism.
The canon-making historian of philosophy Johann Jakob Brucker wrote in the 1740s that Ficino "obtained a humble rank" because, "captivated by the trifles of later Platonists, he feigns, re-feigns, and changes Plato" (Brucker, 4.1: 55).
Not just because he enjoyed drinking it but because be had been captivated by the convivial lifestyle that comes with it at the grass roots.
To me the show is captivating because it brings the potential of human interweaving to a new and mainstream audience.
Publishers involved in the bidding said the novel had captivated them because it combined the pace of a legal thriller with the thoughtfulness of literary fiction and because it offered an unusual perspective into the culture of professional-class African-Americans.
Disasters, pain, and even death befalling others are not felt because people captivated by the device world do not know what the real world is.
