trance
Example Sentences
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As it turns out, Gladys, avid in the occult, is keeping those kids in a trance to drain them of their energy and stay alive.
From Los Angeles Times
It was the height of relaxation—until I was broken from my trance by a test of the ship’s fire-alarm system.
Two young girls, testing the game out at home, fall into a hushed kind of trance.
From Los Angeles Times
It is among the rituals they held onto, praising saints and spirits with rhythmic song, dance and trance possession.
From New York Times
There was noise as Italy scrapped and clawed its way back, taming England’s abandon and wresting control of the ball, Leonardo Bonucci’s equalizer puncturing the national trance.
From New York Times
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