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Collocations for fascination - noun

ADJ.

deep, great | growing | particular, peculiar, special | endless, enduring, lifelong, perennial | awful, horrible, horrified, morbid, unhealthy | strange
a morbid fascination with death

VERB + FASCINATION

have, hold
The sea holds a fascination for all children.
develop, feel, find, have
He had a deep fascination with all forms of transport.
exercise, exert
These exotic plants exert a fascination all of their own.
share
She shared his fascination for motorbikes.
gaze in/with, look (on) in/with, stare in/with, watch in/with | listen in/with
He looked on in horrified fascination as the ship drew nearer to the rocks.

PREP.

in/with ~
She watched in fascination as the cat pounced on the mouse.
~ for
She developed a fascination for these creatures.
~ in
He found great fascination in her quiet, frank manner.
~ with
a lifelong fascination with Baroque music

PHRASES

part of the fascination
Seeing over a thousand species of fish is part of the fascination of the reef.
a source of fascination to sb
His letters have been a source of fascination to a wide audience.

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