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As the exhibit’s days count down, the inspired visions from Kahlo, Rivera and their contemporaries continue to transfix visitors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

That the music could still transfix the crowd, and the weekend went as peacefully as it did, speaks to the generosity of spirit in its attendees, not any utopia.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2019

A sign of her charisma is that during the final tableau, as Aida and Radamès are expiring in the tomb, Amneris continues to transfix the attention: even when she isn’t singing, she dominates the stage.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 4, 2018

Great singers can stand in front of a painted scrim and transfix a cash-paying full house night after night.

From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2017

The changing patterns of light transfix my sight.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

This Eden is enhanced by the birth of a son, Elio, whose beauty transfixes all who see him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Waterhouse transfixes with the garage-y “Big Love,” which was inspired by stories she heard from “Frozen Oranges” author Violet Paley about her manic episodes at a New York City bar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2024

The supernatural light from the window transfixes not only Augustine but a fluffy little dog on the floor, next to a letter bearing Carpaccio’s name.

From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2022

At its best, “Strange Beasts” transfixes you like a vivid dream, offering glimpses of the waking world contorted into uncanny forms.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 2021

The flashing of white, pink, and green briefly transfixes me.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

The demonstrations jolted the Indian establishment and transfixed the country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Even though our granny was, like all people in the mountains, well acquainted with Dolly by that point, she was still transfixed.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

Block described staring up at the gallery wall, transfixed by the horror.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

For the technology available at the time, the dinosaurs looked incredibly realistic and left viewers transfixed.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

Below, on the edge of the meadow, a creature fell transfixed.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Therefore we'll parry with cloak what shafts thou shootest against us; And by our bolts transfixt, penalty due thou shalt pay.

From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Sir Richard Francis Burton

From being transfixt by such a jibe Maupassant was preserved by Flaubert.

From Inquiries and Opinions by Brander Matthews

Had I but once transfixt thy froward breast, How would’st thou then——I staid not for the rest; But thus half angry to the boy replide: How would’st thou then my soul of sense bereave!

From Democritus Platonissans by Henry More

In one, noting Kurtág’s affinity to Samuel Beckett, Pintscher led a transfixing performance of Morton Feldman’s “For Samuel Beckett” holding an audience prisoner for 50 minutes within a chord that won’t go away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

That cruel realization haunts the cash-strapped protagonist of English filmmaker Mark Jenkin’s transfixing, increasingly despairing “Rose of Nevada.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

As Othello, Mr. Quinn is at first surprisingly soft-spoken, not putting too much polish on the character’s transfixing eloquence—“the Othello music,” as critics have called it—in his recitation of how he won Desdemona’s love.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

Who impressed, and who has the most to do after a transfixing opening weekend of the Six Nations?

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026

Clear and full the voice rings over the room, transfixing for one moment the entire court; then the gavel descends; order is commanded with double unction, because of the recent lapse.

From The Diamond Coterie by Lawrence L. Lynch