transfixed
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The result was a kind of secular transcendence, a communal experience in which everyone looks skyward, collectively transfixed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Block described staring up at the gallery wall, transfixed by the horror.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
He was hopeless at math and likely dyslexic, but said he was utterly transfixed by music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
For the technology available at the time, the dinosaurs looked incredibly realistic and left viewers transfixed.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
As a student, Newton was fascinated by light and transfixed by the Sun.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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The Crucible
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