How to Use mesmeric in a Sentence

mesmeric

adjective

• And just what hold does the mesmeric Rasputin have over Tsar Nicholas in 1916 Russia?
  — Clark Collis, EW.com, 8 Oct. 2022
• The longer the repetition goes on, the stronger its mesmeric force.
  — New York Times, 26 May 2021
• Behind Harlow on the track is a mesmeric, twinkly melody and a bridge that crushes.
  — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 6 May 2022
• Forward Ahmed Khan was dubbed the 'snake charmer' by the British media for his mesmeric ball control.
  — SI.com, 25 Feb. 2018
• But the films that featured their derring-do and mesmeric skills were produced only a few times a year.
  — Bill Pennington, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2021
• The morning view that shone into our rooms brought mesmeric views of the Pacific Ocean framed by misty skies to us while still in bed.
  — Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2022
• Yet the story of the mesmeric sound began almost a century ago, in Jerusalem.
  — The Economist, 30 Dec. 2020
• Cutting on rhythm to a Philip Glass score, Morgen gives her experiences a mesmeric charge.
  — Scott Tobias, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2020
• This beautiful game has been blessed with the mesmeric talents of players such as Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
  — SI.com, 21 Sep. 2019
• When the show debuted in the summer of 2019, the mesmeric makeup in the first season captured the attention of Gen Z viewers in particular.
  — Leah Dolan, CNN, 17 Nov. 2021
• Etran de L’Aïr, from central Niger, plays giddy and mesmeric rock songs; the band began as a trio of brothers, but these days there might be as many as nine family members involved.
  — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2020
• On TikTok, creators strive to stand out, generating content of the mesmeric sort.
  — Jason Parham, Wired, 18 Apr. 2020
• The Irishman's left foot has always possessed magic, but his cross into the Venezuelan from deep out on the left wing was mesmeric and deserved to have contributed to more than just a consolation.
  — SI.com, 5 Feb. 2018
• The traditional war hero was certainly a male, but women were also exposed to the mesmeric influence of myth.
  — Catherine Merridale, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2017
• But the tournament is so inherently dramatic that dull games have their own kind of mesmeric power.
  — Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022
• Photographs, snippets of songs, moments of longing and regret, scenes of confusion, loss and horror become part of a mesmeric whole.
  — Jane Tompkins, latimes.com, 5 June 2019
• The characters and story are engaging, and the production has a dreamy but vivid feel that hints at Lovecraft’s mesmeric quality while avoiding his florid excesses.
  — Mike Hale, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2020
• The cavernous bilge, the towering foredeck, the phalanxes of Tomahawk missiles — the 900-foot dreadnought is itself a mesmeric site, and director Andrew Davis conveys the hard-iron majesty, as well as mystery, of the battleship to the hilt.
  — Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2017
• Most of Kraftwerk’s songs relied heavily on drum machines and centered around repetitive, sometimes mesmeric beats.
  — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 6 May 2020
• Smith, teetering on a pair of custom Valentino platforms, strutted across the red carpet in similarly mesmeric form.
  — Leah Dolan, CNN, 13 Feb. 2023
• Those mesmeric moments occurred in his first season since switching for a staggering £86m from Tottenham Hotspur.
  — SI.com, 10 June 2019
• The sheer perversity, as a Cunard, of opting for such mundane materials was mesmeric.
  — Mark Peikert, Town & Country, 10 Mar. 2022
• The song and its mesmeric video presented Rihanna as spiraling Black-girl royalty.
  — Danyel Smith, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2023
• By profiling individuals who’ve extricated themselves from gang warfare in Chicago and the civil war in Colombia, the author reveals how a shift in thought can snap the mesmeric pull of high conflict.
  — Monitor Reviewers, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 May 2021
• But as the truth of what brought Takeru to the humble seaside village is slowly disclosed, those nagging bits vanish to reveal a mesmeric fusion of fable, ghost story and haunting depiction of family trauma.
  — Alexis Burling, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Apr. 2018
• Many country-blues songs already have a mesmeric, almost ghostly quality; Reed adds dissonance and drone, turning the song into a meandering dirge.
  — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2020
• Meanwhile, a cache of the valuable ore is discovered in the Atlantic Ocean, where a mysterious tribe of feathered, fishlike creatures defends it with a combination of mesmeric powers and fierce fighting spirit.
  — Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2022
• For the young newcomer, Bruegel’s tableaux of 16th-century peasants roistering, resting and hunting in the snow can be as mesmeric and thrilling as the landscapes rich with religious and allegorical symbolism.
  — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 21 Feb. 2020
• But now business is back in full flow at this pioneering yet centuries-old market of mothers in remote northeastern India, every day a mesmeric mix of vibrant colors, sounds and smells – and the positive effects for the women are priceless.
  — Story, CNN, 23 Apr. 2023
• Instead, Kossakovsky gives us ample space to absorb his repeatedly stunning images at a gradual, mesmeric pace, and to sit with our response to them as initial startlement unfolds into more lateral thought.
  — Guy Lodge, Variety, 19 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024