hypnotize
Example Sentences
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Watching a trickster hypnotize someone in a live performance might impress you.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
I knew what she meant: I’d only gotten acupuncture once, despite her promise that bodywork could “unstick” the trauma; I refused to let Dr. M hypnotize me.
From Slate • Aug. 31, 2024
I assume he will now hypnotize himself in front of the nearest screen during breakfast instead of asking questions about what he just read.
From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2023
Called the Lasso of Truth, it can hypnotize those in its constraints, return memories, squeeze out the truth or protect people.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2022
Like maybe he thought if he repeated my name enough times, he’d hypnotize me into trusting him better.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
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