Sentence examples for captivating the world from inspiring English sources

Every decision, they said, carried a risk that the inspiring story consuming the Chilean government and captivating the world could quickly turn toward disaster.

The last time a redshirt-freshman quarterback with as much promise took a stage like this, he ended up captivating the world of college football.

(Or, unfortunately, captivating the world with a story of a little boy supposedly adrift in a balloon).

Shari L. Tarantino, President of the Board of Directors of the Orca Conservancy, spoke this morning by phone with the mayor of Inukjuak, Quebec, about 20 miles away from the breathing hole in the ice where at least a dozen orcas have been stranded, captivating the world in a life-or-death drama.

While the men and women competing for gold medals in London will be captivating the world with amazing feats of athleticism over the next few weeks, those of us watching from afar will be faced with the not insignificant task of keeping track (and field) of all the events.

Fifty years ago, vaccine creators captivated the world's imagination.

But it was the Fed, not the elections, that captivated the world's markets.

Among them is Omran Daqneesh, the toddler with the moppish Beatles haircut whose picture captivated the world this week.

Mandela was released from prison and walked triumphantly with his wife in pictures that captivated the world.

China and India are also considering manned space exploration, as the dream of human space travel captivates the world's emerging heroes.

Israel's daring captivated the world, displacing the image of a vulnerable country with that of a powerful nation.