mesmerize
Example Sentences
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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
After multiple viewings, “Plot Point” still leaves me mostly mystified, and not intriguingly so; it doesn’t mesmerize in the way of her remarkable “Emergence.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2022
For a second the colors mesmerize me, bright green and deep blue and brown.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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