hypnotize

Example Sentences

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Watching a trickster hypnotize someone in a live performance might impress you.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

I assume he will now hypnotize himself in front of the nearest screen during breakfast instead of asking questions about what he just read.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2023

Called the Lasso of Truth, it can hypnotize those in its constraints, return memories, squeeze out the truth or protect people.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2022

He’s telekinetic and can hypnotize others; he can astral project and teleport; and he obviously is a shape-shifter, too.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2021

They don't hypnotize you with bright objects and repeat the same words over and over, handing out little treats when you finally say "potty" or "wawa."

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris