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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

In Portland, Ore., Thomas Crawford told police that two strangers had hypnotized him by blowing cigar smoke into his face, then got him to draw $1,100 from his bank account and give them the money.

From Time Magazine Archive

Shaw had hypnotized her with words and made her his secretary.

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