mesmerise
- a variation of mesmerize.
Example Sentences
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Knausgaard: accretion of detail so exhaustive as to mesmerise, or stupefy, the reader in the service of recapturing the vast psychic shifts of childhood becoming manhood.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 23, 2018
Strange to sit there in the dark and watch her mesmerise her Arab audience - a flame-haired diva with Rahda's mouth, Rahda's eyes, while Rahda herself was sheltering from mortar fire in her Damascus basement.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2017
Such "anti-camouflage" would draw more inspiration from the deep sea creatures who use their skin to attract, rather than avoid, attention - like cuttlefish that mesmerise their pray with rippling stripes.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2014
Gabo dazzled the world with his intense and honest emotions, and will continue to mesmerise us, notwithstanding differences in cultures and languages; the greatest storyteller of our time.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2014
Before beginning to mesmerise, I ascertained, with as much precision as possible, the patient's degree of blindness.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 by Various
