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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Recent Examples of hypnotize
She’s even sought some unique measures to prevent any awkward sweaty situations in the future, including getting hypnotized to sweat less.
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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
Her ease with melody and the featherlight articulation of heavy emotions position Krieger among the most disarming, hypnotizing singer-songwriters to emerge in recent years.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 13 Sep. 2024
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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
Her ease with melody and the featherlight articulation of heavy emotions position Krieger among the most disarming, hypnotizing singer-songwriters to emerge in recent years.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 13 Sep. 2024
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“Hypnotize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypnotize. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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