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What is another word for held your attention?

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Verb
Past tense for to hold or engage the attention of
occupied
engaged
interested
absorbed
absorpt
busied
involved
employed
engrossed
immersed
preoccupied
amused
diverted
entertained
bemused
distracted
enthralled
enwrapped
fascinated
gripped
held
holden
intrigued
beguiled
attended
caught up
concerned
consumed
soaked
took up
taken up
tied up
kept busy
held the attention of
captivated
rivetted
riveted
mesmerizedUS
bewitched
mesmerisedUK
spellbound
charmed
entranced
engulfed
fixated
arrested
attracted
enraptured
monopolizedUS
filled
caught
enveloped
monopolisedUK
fixed
fixt
transfixed
hypnotizedUS
obsessed
overwhelmed
assimilated
hypnotisedUK
become lost
kept amused
excited
tempted
aroused
titillated
whetted one's appetite
moved
engaged one's attention
snared
grabbed
tantalizedUS
mattered to
piqued
affected
perked up
lured
touched
turned on
lit someone's fire
hooked
caught your eye
tantalisedUK
sat up
pulled
enchanted
tickled your fancy
pleased
floated someone's boat
became lost
drawn
appealed to
drew
aroused curiosity
buried
allured
captured
gained
seized
delighted
magnetizedUS
wallowed
cheered
got lost in
lost oneself in
magnetisedUK
solaced
inspired
tickled
slayed
bedazzled
put under a spell
knocked dead
held in awe
held spellbound
threw yourself into
thrown yourself into
devoured
won
afflicted
bedevilledUK
bedeviledUS
plagued
enticed
wiled
swamped
wowed
witched
enamouredUK
killed
impressed
dazzled
concentrated
invited
enamoredUS
sent
involved oneself in
involved oneself
vamped
regaled
absorbed yourself in
won over
engrossed oneself
disported
tickled pink
slain
slew
influenced
swept off feet
knocked out
recreated
tickle to death
tickled the fancy of
gratified
satisfied
elated
indulged
inspirited
stimulated
humoredUS
gladdened
relaxed
enlivened
comforted
humouredUK
ecstasized
made merry
cracked up
subjugated
enslaved
subdued
subjected
grabbed the attention of
tickled to death
given pleasure to
gave pleasure to
“He held your attention in the classroom and walked you through a multitude of chemical structures with only the chalk on the blackboards as his multimedia.”
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