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
a morbid fascination with death
VERB + FASCINATION
have, hold
The sea holds a fascination for all children.
The sea holds a fascination for all children.
develop, feel, find, have
He had a deep fascination with all forms of transport.
He had a deep fascination with all forms of transport.
exercise, exert
These exotic plants exert a fascination all of their own.
These exotic plants exert a fascination all of their own.
share
She shared his fascination for motorbikes.
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.
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.
She watched in fascination as the cat pounced on the mouse.
~ for
She developed a fascination for these creatures.
She developed a fascination for these creatures.
~ in
He found great fascination in her quiet, frank manner.
He found great fascination in her quiet, frank manner.
~ with
a lifelong fascination with Baroque music
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.
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.
His letters have been a source of fascination to a wide audience.