transfix

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Both pieces confirm the impression that Thorvaldsdottir is incapable of writing music that doesn’t immediately transfix an open-eared listener.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2023

A local punk rock band, a cumbia ensemble, a breakout Spanish-language pop artist or a jazz quartet might transfix the room at any given moment.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2022

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

The sequence of events that followed would reverberate around the world and, within days, devastate a family, upend a city’s politics and transfix two nations.

From The Guardian • Jul. 28, 2017

The changing patterns of light transfix my sight.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein