Sentence examples for but it captivated from inspiring English sources

Her mother had thought astrology an afternoon lark, but it captivated Joan from the very moment when, at 15, she first saw the lady "soothsayer's" charts.

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 translation of instruments of death into instruments of computer-programmed plink-a-plunk may seem awfully arch, but it captivates when you see it and hear it: festivalism in excelsis.

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.

Make it "captivated … as never before".

It captivated customers such as Richard Terzian.

I'm not even sure if it can completely be called a documentary but it certainly captivated my attention.

I don't know a whole lot about popping but I find it captivating when it's done really well.

IGN believed the game to be "more casual than we'd like", but still found it captivating, entertaining, and "a true adventure worthy of the Zelda name", calling it "different, but it's still the real deal".

Not only is it captivating narratively, but its controls are simple, and there's never any "real" threat – you cannot "fail" the game.

Wood did not immediately regard the house as beautiful, but he did find it captivating.