transfix
Example Sentences
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Even before World War I, L.A.’s rich and innovative were transfixed by flight.
From Los Angeles Times
A single question transfixed all Spain: “What would come next?”
It was an era when “curiosities” from the newly “discovered” Americas transfixed Europe.
From Los Angeles Times
Shires would become so transfixed that she later hired a backgammon coach and joined a local league in Nashville, the city in which she resides.
From Los Angeles Times
A French murder trial that opened Monday has transfixed the public because of the mystery at its core: where is the victim's body?
From BBC
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