mesmerize

Or, in the case of credit cards, they mesmerize you with the many glamorous perks you can acquire, failing to note the debt you may accrue in the process.

From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2026

Still there is the natural arm talent that can mesmerize with effortless form and quick release.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 18, 2023

I’m referring to Ichiro, the Sultan of Slap, who used to mesmerize teammates and foes alike with his daily power display in batting practice.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 1, 2023

This was the first domestic event since CNN’s creation in 1980 to mesmerize the nation with saturation coverage by cable television.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2023

These are the thoughts that go on in my mind and really mesmerize me.

From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones

Not yet 30, the energetically self-assured German refugee soon mesmerizes the narrator and his four closest classmates—Aharon, Dan, Yair and Aya, the only female among them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Lambert mesmerizes the assembled crew and onlookers with a potent rendition of “Heaven on Their Minds” and Soo brings tears with a heartfelt performance of “I Don’t Know How to Love Him.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2025

Showing a person's worst side mesmerizes us and promotes engagement.

From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2023

But what really mesmerizes are the windows, and the speculations they invite about who lives behind them.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2022

Every artist mesmerizes us into his personal vision.

From Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions by John Cowper Powys

The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson later recalled being mesmerized by the album, the first record, to his mind, that didn’t have any filler.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

Jiyoung Sohn and Timothy W. Martin review the case that has mesmerized South Koreans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Vesuvius in AD 79, he wasn’t just horrified, he was mesmerized, even excited; amid all that death it felt like the past was alive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

“Son of Sam just mesmerized everybody for a long period,” recalled Michael Oreskes, then a reporter for the Daily News, whereas “LaGuardia was a one-time thing that then nobody could explain, nobody could figure out.”

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

They made crisp, mesmerized treks from base to base where the men perfected the martial arts and where families settled into counterfeit security for a year or two.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

The band closed out with their best song, the mellowly mesmerizing “Blue Coupe.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

America’s most-loved fictional titans, Tony Stark and Bruce Wayne, have bottomless wealth to fund their vigilante adventures, making them especially mesmerizing to an audience raised on rags-to-riches fables.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

In the intimate Théâtre du Jeu de Paume, Valentina Carrasco’s mesmerizing staging evoked the mythic roots beneath the community rituals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

The other actor whose presence deeply impacted the production, Nolan reports, is Samantha Morton, mesmerizing as Circe, the goddess who changes Odysseus’ men into swine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

Mark had been staring at the back of the pilot’s chair as if something mesmerizing were painted there.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner