in a trance
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The chronological installation begins with Evans’s first two pen-and-ink drawings from about 1935: abstract radiating eyes, spirals, zigzags and squiggles—feverish doodles resembling ancient pictographic narratives set down in a trance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Women like Sylvia can go through the whole day without hearing what their body needs, and then end up eating in a trance at night.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
"I was in a trance," he said of the hours leading up to the great decider and, still, the biggest day in Scottish rugby, 36 years on.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
“As a child, I remember hearing the pots and smelling the food, and kind of like someone in a trance, I would walk into the kitchen to see all this incredible stuff happening,” Harris said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024
Octavian turned to face him, but he seemed to be in a trance.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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