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

Over the next few days they fanned out, scanning the faces for a certain quality — one that would eventually transfix and flummox audiences in equal measure.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2023

He studies Beard’s practice with that kind of fascination that shows how a puzzle such as basketball can transfix some human brains forever.

From Washington Post • Nov. 8, 2021

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

The changing patterns of light transfix my sight.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein