as in hypnotized
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as in fascinated
to hold the attention of as if by a spell
discovered that the children were mesmerized by a television show
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Recent Examples of mesmerized
Denise Warner, Billboard, 23 Dec. 2025
As we’re mesmerized by artificial intelligence today, going back to Lem’s stories, which anticipated every kind of intelligent machine, is a must.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025
Be mesmerized by a multicultural celebration featuring holiday favorites from America and Mexico.
—Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2025
Cruise talked about a childhood spent mesmerized by the movie theater projector.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 17 Nov. 2025
Some remain enamored with the legacy, while others are simply mesmerized by them.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
The free press was mesmerized by his unapologetic authority.
—Nina Khrushcheva, Time, 8 Nov. 2025
Watson became mesmerized with the three-dimensional structures of molecules from his bacterial virus research at the university.
—Christina Zdanowicz, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
Freedom songs rang out alongside work songs, a player on homemade pan pipes mesmerized listeners alongside the generation’s greatest future singer-songwriters.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
Being mesmerized and swept off my feet by a woman who doesn’t even know me.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for mesmerized
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Bass, who as a young man played a year as a tailback for the Utah State Aggies, was fascinated by the program, and its coach, Anthony Barnes.—
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Shakespeare has always fascinated me as a challenge, and Romeo & Juliet is one of the most famous stories in the world.—
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Findings connected to Ancient Rome continue to provide compelling insights not just for scientists and academics, but for interested travelers and the public at large.—
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Feed is a development program for younger drivers interested in Formula 4 racing.—
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Coperni’s timing proved, well, enchanted.—
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Not so long ago, humans believed that everything was enchanted.—
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Preservation in progress On a Tuesday in July, a dozen or so visitors ambled between Fallingwater’s main living room and its terrace, museum-tour headsets dangling from their ears, appearing more intrigued than irritated by the tower of scaffolding and tarps that rose above them.—
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Like most people, I was intrigued by the possibilities AI might bring into the world — more intrigued, not surprisingly, when those possibilities included cures for disease, solutions to poverty and not taking the jobs of every journalist still standing.—
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Those late audits have caused ongoing comments by engaged residents who are perplexed that year after year the town’s government is not able to provide the same audit the state’s other 168 municipalities complete and submit to the public and the state’s budget office.—
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Guiliani said her students have been more engaged and focused.—
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Jackson Mayor John Horhn, who released a statement about the fire on Facebook, said the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Joint Terrorism Task Force are all involved in the investigation.—
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Police said the man was taken into custody for questioning and that everyone involved didn't know each other.—
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“Mesmerized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mesmerized. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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