as in to fascinate
to hold the attention of as if by a spell
the crowd was hypnotized by the powerful, eloquent speaker
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Police later hypnotized the witness, who was an auto body repairman, and were able to get a better description of the vehicle: a maroon-reddish 1970 Dodge Polara with a beat-up white vinyl top and its passenger door smashed in, according to a Statesman article from 1980.
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Skye Seipp, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Aug. 2024
She’s even sought some unique measures to prevent any awkward sweaty situations in the future, including getting hypnotized to sweat less.
—EW.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Drive anywhere in the States and you’ll be hypnotized by banality: Practically every new car looks the same, and the look is boring, pedestrian, smooth-brained.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 2 Oct. 2024
Still, this is hypnotizing work in a flawed film that’s hard to shake off.
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—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 14 July 2024
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Skye Seipp, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Aug. 2024
She’s even sought some unique measures to prevent any awkward sweaty situations in the future, including getting hypnotized to sweat less.
—EW.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Drive anywhere in the States and you’ll be hypnotized by banality: Practically every new car looks the same, and the look is boring, pedestrian, smooth-brained.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 2 Oct. 2024
Still, this is hypnotizing work in a flawed film that’s hard to shake off.
8.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 14 July 2024
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“Hypnotize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypnotize. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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