trancelike
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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The fever sent me into a trancelike state in which I didn’t even wish to recover.
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She was unable to move when she went into that curious trancelike sleep.
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At times, one of the sisters fell into a trancelike state.
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“Gabriel was never really here,” Inés continued, in her trancelike voice.
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Nately, sitting trancelike on the floor of the truck, held his grave young face in both hands and did not answer him.
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