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mesmerizes

  • present tense form
    of mesmerize (3rd person singular).
    mesmerize
    verb (used with object)
    to completely capture the attention of; spellbind; fascinate.

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Not yet 30, the energetically self-assured German refugee soon mesmerizes the narrator and his four closest classmates—Aharon, Dan, Yair and Aya, the only female among them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Everyone on stage mesmerizes, yet Christopher Nell as The Boy, a barrel of laughs and an acrobat, nonetheless steals the show.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026

But he also mesmerizes the cops to salute him and Laszlo by telling them he's Captain "Sully" Sullenberger and Laszlo is Tom Selleck's character from "Blue Bloods."

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2023

But what really mesmerizes are the windows, and the speculations they invite about who lives behind them.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2022

The longer you look at evil the more it mesmerizes and defiles you into its own likeness.

From Days of Heaven Upon Earth by A. B. (Albert B.) Simpson