Mesmer
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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If Ameca doesn’t creep you out enough, Engineered Arts also developed another realistic bot, named Mesmer.
From The Verge ● Dec. 5, 2021
Reflecting on that ideal mental state, I thought of mesmerism, the precursor to hypnosis, conceived in the 1770s by the German physician Franz Anton Mesmer.
From New York Times ● May 26, 2021
Dr. Franz Anton Mesmer accidentally discovers hypnotism while treating a blind child.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2020
Mesmer, who won the No. 2 singles title last year behind former Holy Cross standout Shannon Hanley, triumphed in her semifinal match Saturday but forfeited the final because she left to go out of town.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 30, 2016
Late in the eighteenth century, a German doctor, Franz Mesmer, had devised a system that cured illnesses by putting people into trances.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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