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hypnotic

[hip-not-ik] / hɪpˈnɒt ɪk /


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And thanks to her hypnotic direction and Paksoy’s unpredictable performance, “Night Nurse” gives an old idea strange new youth.

From Salon Jul. 15, 2026

Sleek and hypnotic, it lacks the killer chorus needed to claim the Eurovision crown.

From BBC May 8, 2026

But it’s his voice that exerts the most hypnotic force, moving from defensive parry to inner rumble that takes the entire audience at the James Earl Jones Theatre into his confidence.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 29, 2026

In Mr. Spears’s hypnotic text settings and harmonies, the chorus becomes a kind of breathing atmosphere, echoing the lines of the individual characters and carrying them along with it into waking and sleeping.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

So much had been lost, but there was a stillness to the city that was almost hypnotic.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers




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