transfixed
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Murdaugh’s six-week trial in small-town Walterboro, S.C., became a global phenomenon as viewers were transfixed by the crumbling of a generations-old South Carolina family dynasty.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
The Booked Babes fall quiet as they thumb through their astrology booklets, reading about destiny, transfixed by the mesmerizing promise of inevitable fate.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
Hansen found himself transfixed by the depth of space, as though seeing it for the first time.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Venezuela makes up less than 10% of Chevron’s production, but the growth opportunities—and the potential pitfalls—of drilling there have investors transfixed.
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026
But now in this waiting, burdened silence it seemed that all flesh waited—paused, transfixed by something in the middle of the air—for the quickening power.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
Vocabulary lists containing transfixed
The Crucible
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