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Recent Examples of infatuated
The professor visits the club and becomes infatuated with the much younger Dietrich.
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Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
Throughout his snooping and jet-setting, Pine becomes infatuated with Roper’s girlfriend Jed (Elizabeth Debicki), who eventually learns his real identity and begins to plot a way out of her toxic relationship.
—Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
Paltrow is so compellingly human — which is to say ragged and unpredictable — as a flighty drug addict who befriends an infatuated neighbor (Joaquin Phoenix) while dating a married man (Elias Koteas).
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 25 Dec. 2025
Albert, clearly infatuated, wanted George to meet Betty, and that’s when the older brother locked eyes with Charme, who was 19 years old at the time.
—Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2025
And then there’s Elizabeth Weiland (Margaret Qualley), the young Yale student with whom Hart is infatuated.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
An infatuated American-in-Paris sensibility is present throughout: the effortless cool that a wide-eyed Jacobs first discovered in the French capital, and which has come to define A.P.C.’s output, with a ’90s bent to the fits and forms.
—Olivia Singer, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2025
Andor soon bonds with Klára, but later becomes infatuated with his late father, a ticket salesman with connections to the entertainment industry (escapism is a recurring motif) and an observant Jew, whose faith becomes of great interest to the boy.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
Over the past quarter century, Western policymakers became infatuated with some dangerously oversimplified ideas.
—Walter Russell Mead, Foreign Affairs, 20 Jan. 2017
Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
Throughout his snooping and jet-setting, Pine becomes infatuated with Roper’s girlfriend Jed (Elizabeth Debicki), who eventually learns his real identity and begins to plot a way out of her toxic relationship.
—Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
Paltrow is so compellingly human — which is to say ragged and unpredictable — as a flighty drug addict who befriends an infatuated neighbor (Joaquin Phoenix) while dating a married man (Elias Koteas).
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 25 Dec. 2025
Albert, clearly infatuated, wanted George to meet Betty, and that’s when the older brother locked eyes with Charme, who was 19 years old at the time.
—Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2025
And then there’s Elizabeth Weiland (Margaret Qualley), the young Yale student with whom Hart is infatuated.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
An infatuated American-in-Paris sensibility is present throughout: the effortless cool that a wide-eyed Jacobs first discovered in the French capital, and which has come to define A.P.C.’s output, with a ’90s bent to the fits and forms.
—Olivia Singer, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2025
Andor soon bonds with Klára, but later becomes infatuated with his late father, a ticket salesman with connections to the entertainment industry (escapism is a recurring motif) and an observant Jew, whose faith becomes of great interest to the boy.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
Over the past quarter century, Western policymakers became infatuated with some dangerously oversimplified ideas.
—Walter Russell Mead, Foreign Affairs, 20 Jan. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for infatuated
Adjective
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My mom, who lives in Cleveland, was immediately enamored by it, too.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
PEOPLE,
25 Jan. 2026
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Young Roger Dooley was particularly enamored with the new hit series Sea Hunt, starring Lloyd Bridges as a former Navy frogman who solves undersea crimes.—
Julian Sancton,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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In the process, Tarr essayed an arresting tone poem about spiritual isolation that enraptured viewers.—
Tim Grierson,
Rolling Stone,
6 Jan. 2026
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Jay looks around at the enraptured faces in the crowd.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Dec. 2025
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“Infatuated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infatuated. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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