transfix
verb (used with object)
to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.
are transfixing
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present progressiveof transfix.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Ben-Adir captures Marley’s voice and his wild physicality, and Green smartly keeps the camera focused on his face during the concert performances, which are transfixing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
“There are so many aspects of her work that are transfixing — a combination of personal narrative, a larger cultural understanding and something trans-Atlantic,” said Ian Alteveer, the Met’s curator of modern and contemporary art.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2023
"A couple of Foxx's scenes are transfixing enough to make you hold your breath without realising it," added John DeFoe in The Hollywood Reporter.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2019
Some are perfectly pleasant, others, like the afore-quoted “Mrs. Santa Claus,” are transfixing.
From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2016
The subjects probed in the clips in “Cameraperson” are appalling, yet the clips themselves are transfixing and deeply moving.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 9, 2016
