trance
Example Sentences
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As it turns out, Gladys, avid in the occult, is keeping those kids in a trance to drain them of their energy and stay alive.
From Los Angeles Times
It was the height of relaxation—until I was broken from my trance by a test of the ship’s fire-alarm system.
Two young girls, testing the game out at home, fall into a hushed kind of trance.
From Los Angeles Times
“I feel like I am in a trance, in shock,” said a woman who gave her name as Ekaterina, 34.
From New York Times
Cicognani’s “Heart Tub” installation doubles down on tackiness to the point of religious frenzy, a trance at the secular altar of desire.
From Los Angeles Times
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