transfix

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

Over the next few days they fanned out, scanning the faces for a certain quality — one that would eventually transfix and flummox audiences in equal measure.

From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2023

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

From Washington Post ● Feb. 17, 2023

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

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

It transfixes, not with artifice or cheap sentiment, but with a strange alchemy of gloom and light.

From Washington Post ● May 21, 2018

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

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

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

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

Frick rejects comparisons to the A Million Little Pieces scandal that transfixed the publishing industry of her youth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 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

Dozens of men and boys stood transfixed as they watched Belgium play Egypt -- a much-anticipated fixture for Palestinian football fans eager to witness the prowess of their idol, Egyptian striker Mohamed Salah.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

She nearly awoke, but Elowen reached through that mirror and held her there, transfixed, half asleep, half aware, as she demanded, Who are you?

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

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

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

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

From Inquiries and Opinions by Brander Matthews

In the fragmented mysteries of the great Argentine filmmaker Lucretia Martel, her explorations always start with sensory flashes: faces, spaces, objects, sounds in transfixing procession.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2026

As Othello, Mr. Quinn is at first surprisingly soft-spoken, not putting too much polish on the character’s transfixing eloquence—“the Othello music,” as critics have called it—in his recitation of how he won Desdemona’s love.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

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

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026

Just as transfixing is the real-world back story it implies.

From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2024

Don't," cried Violet, transfixing him with the angry fire of her eyes, "for I'm afraid I should trample on it.

From Vixen, Volume I. by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon