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hypnotize

[hip-nuh-tahyz] / ˈhɪp nəˌtaɪz /


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Watching a trickster hypnotize someone in a live performance might impress you.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s this hypnotizing thing that I would observe and take note of whenever I was on the same route.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s impossible to watch “Die My Love” and not be hypnotized by its swampy psychodrama: the violent postpartum death throes of a marriage that has little reason to continue.

From Los Angeles Times

Stewart slowly waved his finger across his face, as if hypnotizing viewers.

From Salon

In the segment, Stewart mimicked hypnotizing viewers while repeating the admin’s mantra.

From Salon