The phrase "captivated in" is not an English idiom and therefore is not used in writing.
If you meant to use the phrase "captivated by," then it is correct and can be used in written English. For example, "She was captivated by the scenery as she looked out the window."
However, they had the nation captivated in the enthralling encounter against the Kiwis.
And then there are Carl Sandburg's "Rootabaga Stories," by which I remain as wholly captivated in adulthood as I was in childhood.
I was captivated in a different way by Zia Haider Rahman's "In the Light of What We Know," which I've been urging on friends since reading it last summer.
That's because the other banana skin is the idea that last 100 years of British history, with its loss and confusion as well as its triumphs and achievements, lends itself to the lobotomized format of an Olympics opening ceremony … So we got something that almost worked, and captivated in parts.
It was enough for something to move on a screen to keep audiences captivated in those days, and it is enough today for Imax just to cast its high-definition gaze on a perfectly ordinary scene to transform it into spectacle.
One day I want to be in the Hall of Fame, a name where people will say 'Amir Khan, he was a great fighter.'" While Khan dazzled, Andy Lee, 30, the London-based Irish middleweight, captivated in equal measure, stopping Matt Korobov in the sixth round to win the vacant WBO middleweight title.
Its conceit was captivating, in more ways than one.
A lovely blonde, Ms. Garanca, 33, is captivating in her curly black wig.
Both are captivating, in different ways".Wheelmen" does not confine itself to Mr Armstrong.
"They're captivating in a visceral kind of way that never leaves you.
The women, captivating in their seeming aimlessness, move through this landscape like lost children.
