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As the exhibit’s days count down, the inspired visions from Kahlo, Rivera and their contemporaries continue to transfix visitors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

That the music could still transfix the crowd, and the weekend went as peacefully as it did, speaks to the generosity of spirit in its attendees, not any utopia.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2019

A sign of her charisma is that during the final tableau, as Aida and Radamès are expiring in the tomb, Amneris continues to transfix the attention: even when she isn’t singing, she dominates the stage.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 4, 2018

Great singers can stand in front of a painted scrim and transfix a cash-paying full house night after night.

From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2017

The changing patterns of light transfix my sight.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

This Eden is enhanced by the birth of a son, Elio, whose beauty transfixes all who see him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

The supernatural light from the window transfixes not only Augustine but a fluffy little dog on the floor, next to a letter bearing Carpaccio’s name.

From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2022

At its best, “Strange Beasts” transfixes you like a vivid dream, offering glimpses of the waking world contorted into uncanny forms.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 2021

In the musical version of “Les Misérables” this exchange is preceded by Fantine’s climactic solo “I Dreamed a Dream,” the kind of song that transfixes the audience, making it impossible to look away.

From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2019

The flashing of white, pink, and green briefly transfixes me.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

Dozens of men and boys stood transfixed as they watched Belgium play Egypt -- a much-anticipated fixture for Palestinian football fans eager to witness the prowess of their idol, Egyptian striker Mohamed Salah.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

Not because the story and characters were anything less than gripping —I was utterly transfixed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026

The saga has transfixed Germans since it began, and has left islanders on Anholt bemused by the continued interest.

From BBC ● May 31, 2026

Hansen found himself transfixed by the depth of space, as though seeing it for the first time.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026

The years just seemed to roll right off them, and I watched transfixed as they laughed like rascals and raced each other, then swam leisurely back to the bank.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Had I but once transfixt thy froward breast, How would’st thou then——I staid not for the rest; But thus half angry to the boy replide: How would’st thou then my soul of sense bereave!

From Democritus Platonissans by More, Henry

Therefore we'll parry with cloak what shafts thou shootest against us; And by our bolts transfixt, penalty due thou shalt pay.

From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

From being transfixt by such a jibe Maupassant was preserved by Flaubert.

From Inquiries and Opinions by Matthews, Brander

In the fragmented mysteries of the great Argentine filmmaker Lucretia Martel, her explorations always start with sensory flashes: faces, spaces, objects, sounds in transfixing procession.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2026

A quietly transfixing performance from Ayo Edebiri provides reason enough to see the Broadway revival of “Proof,” David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prize- and Tony-winning drama, first staged in 2000.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Who impressed, and who has the most to do after a transfixing opening weekend of the Six Nations?

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026

A powerful politician’s night of triumph descends precipitously into waking-nightmare territory in the transfixing “Oedipus,” an adaptation of Sophocles’ tragedy from the British writer-director Robert Icke.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025

A remark which Dr. Bennett had once let fall recurred to me, transfixing me to my bed.

From One of My Sons by Green, Anna Katharine