in a trance
Example Sentences
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The chronological installation begins with Evans’s first two pen-and-ink drawings from about 1935: abstract radiating eyes, spirals, zigzags and squiggles—feverish doodles resembling ancient pictographic narratives set down in a trance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Women like Sylvia can go through the whole day without hearing what their body needs, and then end up eating in a trance at night.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
The accordionist commands the stage, his eyes staring off as if in a trance, his fingers trilling out the opening notes of a tune.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2025
So, after my haircut, I hypnotised someone in the shop using the same language and pattens used in the DVD and the person just dropped unconscious and in a trance.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2025
All I could do was stand there like I was in a trance, hold onto my net, and stare at that big monkey.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
