- present participle of mesmerize.
mesmerizing
Frequently Asked Questions
- The film is mesmerizing—I found myself completely under its spell from start to finish.
- He is a mesmerizing speaker known for captivating his audiences.
- There are few things as mesmerizing as a flock of starlings dazzling you with its unpredictable, undulating movements.
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America’s most-loved fictional titans, Tony Stark and Bruce Wayne, have bottomless wealth to fund their vigilante adventures, making them especially mesmerizing to an audience raised on rags-to-riches fables.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
“It was mesmerizing to me, his words becoming something that we increasingly can’t trust.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Our critic called the actor’s performance, for which Mr. Lithgow won a Tony, “a mesmerizing highlight of the theater season.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
The Booked Babes fall quiet as they thumb through their astrology booklets, reading about destiny, transfixed by the mesmerizing promise of inevitable fate.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
But the prayer was mesmerizing; she had felt sure nobody’s spirit could possibly be broken now.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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