transfix

Example Sentences

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Director Andrew Russell trusts Porkalob’s ability to transfix an audience.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 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