transfix
Example Sentences
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The awkward spectacle in which he apologized for betraying an unnamed girlfriend transfixed the nation—then the entire world.
Despite their complaints, the twins are now transfixed by the ice cutters singing on the TV, so I tiptoe upstairs.
From Literature
Who impressed, and who has the most to do after a transfixing opening weekend of the Six Nations?
From BBC
The years just seemed to roll right off them, and I watched transfixed as they laughed like rascals and raced each other, then swam leisurely back to the bank.
From Literature
Why are the patrons, transfixed by curious gladiating on a screen, screaming with delight one minute and groaning miserably the next?
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
