transfix
verb (used with object)
to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.
is transfixing
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present progressiveof transfix (3rd person singular).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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Two gray ceramic hoops by Manal Kara, with photo-printed cotton insets, are weirdly charming, while Walter Price’s drawing “Eye Witness” is transfixing but inconclusive.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2021
Sandler’s performance is transfixing because he makes viewers root for this poor bastard, generating sympathy even when Howard is wrongly on the attack, or at his most despicable.
From Salon ● Dec. 12, 2019
For long stretches the yarn is transfixing, but there are simply too many stories, side notes and tangents packed into “Oppenheimer.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2018
On a big screen, Fukunaga’s lyrical filmmaking is transfixing, but there is freedom in knowing that this necessary, demanding movie exists on your television.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 6, 2015
At 49, Cage overturns every industry standard, and there's no denying it: the result is transfixing.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 20, 2013
