mesmerize

Stripped of his good looks and seductive accent, Colin Farrell still managed to mesmerize in “The Penguin,” which not only resuscitated an exhausted genre but took it to a new level of storytelling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2025

Here, Kidman is using her powers as both a grade-A movie star and a true artist to mesmerize us, fully in service of Reijn’s vision.

From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2024

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

These are the thoughts that go on in my mind and really mesmerize me.

From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones

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

Everyone on stage mesmerizes, yet Christopher Nell as The Boy, a barrel of laughs and an acrobat, nonetheless steals the show.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 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

His mind is satisfied with that answer; he gets down his Annex and does an incantation or two, and that mesmerizes his spirit and puts that to sleep—brings it peace.

From Christian Science by Mark Twain

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

“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

“It may be,” Mr. Meese says, “that he became mesmerized with the—what did they call it? What was the name of the woman who was the reporter that wrote about the Supreme Court?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

Gerardo Gómez looked mesmerized as he glanced at the wall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026

I stood in the snow, almost mesmerized by the soft click, click of the pearls, and tried to understand what I’d just heard.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn

In “Self-Portrait, Age 23,” matter is palpable, mesmerizing, intensely present—yet also fleeting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

This mesmerizing showdown is the King Kong vs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 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

Lisa Foiles posted a tribute on Facebook, writing, “It doesn’t feel fair when we lose one of our own. Christy was mesmerizing to me on ‘All That.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

They swayed in unison, some to the left, some to the right, with slow, mesmerizing movements.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins