trancelike
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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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
During the trial, the former president “sat in a trancelike silence,” Brody observes, “never turning to face the witnesses.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2022
He was sitting in a trancelike state in front of the screen, with the green light of the “Erik—Scholarship Offers” file washing over his face.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
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