transfix
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Director Andrew Russell trusts Porkalob’s ability to transfix an audience.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
Both pieces confirm the impression that Thorvaldsdottir is incapable of writing music that doesn’t immediately transfix an open-eared listener.
From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2023
The new findings shed more light on a case that has continued to transfix the nation.
From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2022
A sign of her charisma is that during the final tableau, as Aida and Radamès are expiring in the tomb, Amneris continues to transfix the attention: even when she isn’t singing, she dominates the stage.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 4, 2018
The changing patterns of light transfix my sight.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Vocabulary lists containing transfix
Power Prefix: trans-
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