Sentence examples similar to rather captivating from inspiring English sources
The humor in Aron Stiehl's production was often heavy, and Isabella (in nun's garb) looked frumpy rather than captivating, but the action played out engagingly.
Let's face it - woman would rather go to sleep in fabulous fabrics and captivating colors instead of worn out sweats.
Kubrick is a captivating little book rather like an Arthur Miller play: it plays out on a small scale, but invokes the epic themes of friendship, art, sex and war.
In recounting this story of a ruler who becomes a reader, a monarch who'd rather write than reign, Mr. Bennett has written a captivating fairy tale.
And yet, I also acknowledge the beauty, used in every facet of the movie, which has captivated, or rather frozen audiences, everywhere.
The result is captivating, but not exactly moving: Nasser-Ali's grand passion is posited rather than communicated, in spite of Mr. Amalric's exquisitely soulful performance.
Mohamed Shebl (Department of Plant Protection, Suez Canal University Ismailia, Egypt) (Fig. 1): The quiet beauty of this image is captivating; as this Palestinian sunbird reaches down to get some nectar from a rather intense looking plant (Echinops sp).
The effect was captivating.
