trancelike
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Three or four hours would slip by with her in a trancelike state, fingers sweeping across her phone screen as she consumed social media, following every Taliban edict and distress posting from afar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
The angrier a man got at me, the calmer I felt, and if he started shouting, I would enter a trancelike state, knowing that the real him was being captured in 4K.
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2025
The competitors are in a trancelike state, building a stratagem.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2024
In some orders of Sufism, a branch of Islam, whirling dervishes spin in circles as a form of religious dance in which the movement induces a spiritual and trancelike state.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 28, 2023
Charles turned to stare, lips parted, his expression as blank and trancelike as a twelve-year-old’s.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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