transfixed
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Spectators sat transfixed in Courtroom One of the Ronald V. Dellums federal courthouse as witnesses painted a world of robots that can solve Rubik’s Cubes, eye-popping fortunes and worries over possibly unleashing a doomsday beast.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
Hansen found himself transfixed by the depth of space, as though seeing it for the first time.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Although organizers have kept much of the exhibition under wraps, visitors can expect to be transfixed by a thoroughly Los Angeles tale.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
Yearning for a kind of abstract stimulation that even she can’t put into words, Camille is transfixed by her beloved chair.
From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026
Instead of being transfixed, Herbert replied in an easy matter-of-course way, “Exactly. Well?”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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The Crucible
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