fascinated

“I first noticed this kid who was really fascinated by the fact that he could jump up and touch the rim,” said Egan, who was an assistant coach at Wilmington College in Delaware.

"Numbers and puzzles fascinated me - but I never thought a career in maths was for me."

Victor loved to drive the highway to different U.S. cities and was fascinated with Route 66.

Nick is bedeviled by his thieving foes, fascinated by them, and now has nothing to lose.

I’d long been fascinated by the prevalence of cops on militia rosters, so I started examining his backstory.