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Shires would become so transfixed that she later hired a backgammon coach and joined a local league in Nashville, the city in which she resides.

A French murder trial that opened Monday has transfixed the public because of the mystery at its core: where is the victim's body?

It’s one thing to become transfixed by a fictional character going down a scripted wormhole for the purposes of narrative enlightenment or comedy.

Growing up in Chicago, he was transfixed by a Chuck Berry concert at age 10 and devoted his life to discovering, championing and preserving rock music.

Even in her 90s, Dame Cleo gave occasional concerts - with one reviewer remarking on how she remained a "warm and witty human being, capable of transfixing her audience with those flashing eyes and spontaneous laughter".