hypnotize
verb (used with object)
to put in the hypnotic state.
had hypnotized
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past perfectof hypnotize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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“And then I just opened up to her, as if she had hypnotized me.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
Why create an unreal version of the calamity that had hypnotized us into muttering, “It’s unreal”?
From Washington Post ● Sep. 5, 2021
The night before, he had hypnotized the patient in her own room.
From Time Magazine Archive
A 20-year-old girl, whom he had hypnotized several times before, watched a receiver four floors above.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Taylor had hypnotized himself into the eerie world of horrors.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
