Example Sentences
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Their distinctive traits include an intense connection to music - and they are often heard playing harps or singing tunes that are "hypnotically beautiful but impossible to remember".
From BBC
We know that it’s someone’s job to conceive and plan for the building of cruise ships, but we never expected to hear about such concerns in a hypnotically catchy rock song.
They all watched as the downy tuft wafted hypnotically back and forth, back and forth, until it disappeared under the seat.
From Literature
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“You have to give it a physicality that is heartbreakingly uncanny but also hypnotically human.”
From Los Angeles Times
Reichardt, herself the daughter of law enforcement, is more interested in the aftermath: hypnotically awkward kitchen conversations with disappointed family members who won’t lend him any more money and would rather he just clear out.
From Los Angeles Times
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