Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Love must not be classed under physical cravings, nor faith under hypnotization.

From The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory by Santayana, George

It is claimed that suggestive power, especially in the form of hypnotization, may be secretly misused to make anyone without his knowledge and against his will a passive instrument of the hypnotist's intent.

From Psychotherapy by Münsterberg, Hugo

While continuous headaches or headaches which occur daily yielded to my influence, sometimes completely, I was unable to prevent even by preparatory hypnotization any migraine which appears periodically, for instance, simultaneously with menstruation.

From Psychotherapy by Münsterberg, Hugo

Or was it weakness following the high mental tension of her own hypnotization?

From The Treasure-Train by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)

The danger of harm increases with every repetition of the hypnotization.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)