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hypnotic

[hip-not-ik] / hɪpˈnɒt ɪk /


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Sleek and hypnotic, it lacks the killer chorus needed to claim the Eurovision crown.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

In Mr. Spears’s hypnotic text settings and harmonies, the chorus becomes a kind of breathing atmosphere, echoing the lines of the individual characters and carrying them along with it into waking and sleeping.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Trade the metronome as it swings back and forth, but don’t let the hypnotic sound lull you into complacency.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Adapted from Polish author Stanisław Lem’s novel, Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky’s slow, hypnotic “Solaris” follows a psychologist sent to a remote space station where the crew is already beginning to unravel.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

They writhed back and forth in a hypnotic pattern, looking for an opening.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan




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