mesmerize

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

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

I’m referring to Ichiro, the Sultan of Slap, who used to mesmerize teammates and foes alike with his daily power display in batting practice.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 1, 2023

For a second the colors mesmerize me, bright green and deep blue and brown.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

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

As a gorgeously conceptual art-horror object, “El Conde” frequently mesmerizes; as a proper evisceration of its subject, it can’t help but feel curiously defanged.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2023

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

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 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

As a 7-year-old, she was mesmerized by the swordplay in “Hook” and “Peter Pan.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

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

She swung down from the tree where she had been hiding and stood at the edge of the jungle, mesmerized.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

A collaboration with the producer the Alchemist, the R&B singer’s first studio album in 16 years is woozy, eccentric and often mesmerizing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

There’s not much melody and no chorus to speak of, but the anger-tinged track is mesmerizing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Challenged with creating movements that speak to character and story, layering a bold, physical narrative over a written one, this season’s Emmy-nominated choreographers made mesmerizing scenes come to life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 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

That was what her hunger was like: mesmerizing, directed, floating like a public secret just under the cloud cover.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison