Example Sentences

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It’s a bit too long, with a lot of text to follow, but Hildegard’s visions, exploding out of the plot scenes, are mesmerizing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

All of those clips are mesmerizing and alluring and haunting, as if we’re actually looking at invisible spirits or fairies captured unawares.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2024

Even the most brutish of them — Tobias Menzies as Captain Jack Randall in “Outlander,” Jeremy Irons’ Adrian Veidt in “Watchmen” — are mesmerizing in their self-confidence.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024

These 5-foot-tall works are mesmerizing compositions that reverberate visually and metaphorically.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2024

The colors and shapes and words and pictures are so garish, so abundant, that they are mesmerizing.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth