mesmerized
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After seeing them perform, Ian was mesmerized by Gatto’s skills as a frontman.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
Walking down Sixth Avenue in New York recently, I was mesmerized by a Salvation Army dude with his red donation bucket dancing to Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025
A single tear emerges from the astronaut’s eye and simply floats in the air while Mariano, startled and mesmerized, looks on.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
“Kathy’s such a magnetic performer that there were some residents who would start out playing their background role, and then Kathy would start her dialogue, and they were mesmerized and watching her,” Friedland says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2025
They sat back and enjoyed the rhythmic ride, mesmerized into a weary silence by the fullness of their stomachs and the steady movements of the wobbly cart.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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