mesmerize

But in the years since, Keegan has opted for a path more befitting an author whose tales often mesmerize by thwarting expectations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023

Still there is the natural arm talent that can mesmerize with effortless form and quick release.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 18, 2023

This was the first domestic event since CNN’s creation in 1980 to mesmerize the nation with saturation coverage by cable television.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2023

Sociologist Jean Boudrillard called the social world a "simulacrum," a hyper-reality full of noise, images, and symbols designed to mesmerize the mind and replace the boring real world.

From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2022

Garvey’s dance seemed to mesmerize Peter, who watched closely, following every movement.

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen

Not yet 30, the energetically self-assured German refugee soon mesmerizes the narrator and his four closest classmates—Aharon, Dan, Yair and Aya, the only female among them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Where “Arco” mesmerizes with its less-conventional animation style, “Little Amélie” employs swaths of eye-popping color, broad shapes and thoughtfully rendered two-dimensional art style and camera movements to bewitch slightly younger viewers.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2025

But what really mesmerizes are the windows, and the speculations they invite about who lives behind them.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2022

An evocation of the so-called “Chinese Dream,” Jessica Kingdon’s observational documentary “Ascension” serves up a clockwork array of industrial imagery that mesmerizes as it also surprises and unsettles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2022

The longer you look at evil the more it mesmerizes and defiles you into its own likeness.

From Days of Heaven Upon Earth by A. B. (Albert B.) Simpson

The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson later recalled being mesmerized by the album, the first record, to his mind, that didn’t have any filler.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

She remembers being mesmerized by the story’s wicked witch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

“Son of Sam just mesmerized everybody for a long period,” recalled Michael Oreskes, then a reporter for the Daily News, whereas “LaGuardia was a one-time thing that then nobody could explain, nobody could figure out.”

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

Gerardo Gómez looked mesmerized as he glanced at the wall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026

Kingshaw tried to drink his orange juice silently, eyes huge, mesmerized by the screen.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill

François-Pierre Couture’s scenic design is mesmerizing without ever being overbearing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

America’s most-loved fictional titans, Tony Stark and Bruce Wayne, have bottomless wealth to fund their vigilante adventures, making them especially mesmerizing to an audience raised on rags-to-riches fables.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

The other actor whose presence deeply impacted the production, Nolan reports, is Samantha Morton, mesmerizing as Circe, the goddess who changes Odysseus’ men into swine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

For years, I’d often come across people standing in pristine rivers, launching line in mesmerizing patterns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

None of the men spoke at all on the drive back through the heavy, mesmerizing quiet blanketing mountains, sea and forests.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller