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

As a narrative of life — or ancient history or modern America — the paintings mesmerize.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 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

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

RELATED: Tilda Swinton mesmerizes as a woman possessed in Pedro Almodóvar striking take on "The Human Voice"

From Salon ● Apr. 1, 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

Huerta didn’t talk for long, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen an audience as mesmerized.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 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

The case, known here as the divorce of the century, has mesmerized South Koreans—a real-life K-drama of money, romance, corruption and betrayal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

The forest and sky that mesmerized me for hours.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

He proved a natural for the medium: handsome with a beautiful voice and mesmerizing eyes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 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

The band closed out with their best song, the mellowly mesmerizing “Blue Coupe.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 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

She seemed entranced by the music, a little frenzied piano piece with this mesmerizing quality, sort of quick passages and then teasing lilting ones before it returned to the quick playful parts.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan