transfix

Director Andrew Russell trusts Porkalob’s ability to transfix an audience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

The sequences are designed to transfix human viewers yet proceed without them.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 17, 2023

They transfix even in the absence of any discernible event.

From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2020

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

This Eden is enhanced by the birth of a son, Elio, whose beauty transfixes all who see him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Waterhouse transfixes with the garage-y “Big Love,” which was inspired by stories she heard from “Frozen Oranges” author Violet Paley about her manic episodes at a New York City bar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2024

Odenkirk's dramatic breadth transfixes the viewer wherever he turns up.

From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2023

The supernatural light from the window transfixes not only Augustine but a fluffy little dog on the floor, next to a letter bearing Carpaccio’s name.

From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2022

The flashing of white, pink, and green briefly transfixes me.

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

Watching it make its way down the wall transfixed Dorfman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Even though our granny was, like all people in the mountains, well acquainted with Dolly by that point, she was still transfixed.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

Block described staring up at the gallery wall, transfixed by the horror.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

The sight of USA fans in colourful jerseys is commonplace throughout the host cities, and just about every restaurant with a TV has patrons transfixed on the latest drama.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

James yelled, “Go, go, go!” but she was transfixed.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

From being transfixt by such a jibe Maupassant was preserved by Flaubert.

From Inquiries and Opinions by Brander Matthews

Therefore we'll parry with cloak what shafts thou shootest against us; And by our bolts transfixt, penalty due thou shalt pay.

From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Sir Richard Francis Burton

Had I but once transfixt thy froward breast, How would’st thou then——I staid not for the rest; But thus half angry to the boy replide: How would’st thou then my soul of sense bereave!

From Democritus Platonissans by Henry More

That cruel realization haunts the cash-strapped protagonist of English filmmaker Mark Jenkin’s transfixing, increasingly despairing “Rose of Nevada.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

A quietly transfixing performance from Ayo Edebiri provides reason enough to see the Broadway revival of “Proof,” David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prize- and Tony-winning drama, first staged in 2000.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Who impressed, and who has the most to do after a transfixing opening weekend of the Six Nations?

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026

Her transfixing allure seems to draw every oddity and incident, but as the years pass, there’s also a fixity to her resolve.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025

"State your mission, mynheer," Carver directed bluntly, transfixing the controlleur with his stern gaze.

From The Argus Pheasant by John Charles Beecham