transfix

Example Sentences

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Now, the foundations of their empire are cracking—raising questions about the once-sizzling industry’s future and transfixing Wall Street in a mix of schadenfreude and anxiety.

From The Wall Street Journal

Opal watched, transfixed for a while, and then fell asleep on the floor, a skein of gold clutched in her hands.

From Literature

Yearning for a kind of abstract stimulation that even she can’t put into words, Camille is transfixed by her beloved chair.

From Salon

The awkward spectacle in which he apologized for betraying an unnamed girlfriend transfixed the nation—then the entire world.

From The Wall Street Journal

Despite their complaints, the twins are now transfixed by the ice cutters singing on the TV, so I tiptoe upstairs.

From Literature