trance

Example Sentences

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"I think I was walking around in like a stunned, surprised trance if you like for about three weeks."

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

He stands in a trance and—against his better instincts—jumps into a lifeboat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

She dances barefoot in a trance, her skin glowing with sweat, with her hair worn wild and loose.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

Armed with a cut of the film, pillared by the songs he wrote and arranged, Blumberg crafted a score that subtly teed up song melodies and established a sense of spiritual trance.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025

Back in the Honeycomb, Groundsel immediately surrendered himself and his fugitives to Fiver, who was still bemused from his long trance, and scarcely restored to his senses sufficiently to grasp what was toward.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams