hypnotic
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Hoover co-wrote the screenplay alongside Lauren Levine, which is why the film bears the same strangely hypnotic, if confusing, pull as her novels.
From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026
Curiously, he notes, people have such reverence for these hypnotic streams of light that they duck to avoid disturbing them rather than crossing in front of them.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
Labubu hauls, Temu hauls, endless TikToks of nails clicking ASMR-style up and down a color-coded Stanley tumbler—it was a little hypnotic, a little horrifying.
From Salon • Jan. 11, 2026
“Let Me Grow and You’ll See the Fruit” is a beautifully hypnotic tune that has the moment-to-moment richness of a film.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026
Thus we shall have two more hypnotic messages from Mrs. Harker; either or both may possibly throw more light on what is happening.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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