transfix
verb (used with object)
to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.
has transfixed
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present perfectof transfix (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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But the data center opportunity has transfixed investors, who think it can lead to longer-term contracts at favorable pricing.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
News coverage of the protests has transfixed Mexico, where reports have heavily sided with the immigrants against U.S. efforts to detain and deport them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2025
The thing that has transfixed me most is one of the neighbors whose building was destroyed.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2024
Ms. Read was arrested three days later, and the case has transfixed Boston ever since.
From New York Times ● May 15, 2024
I trust, however, that a new leaf is about to be turned over; still, it is mournful to pass through so fine a country and see how the hand of death has transfixed it.
From Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. by Horace Greeley
