Example Sentences

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The saga has transfixed Germans since early March, and has left islanders on Anholt bemused by the continued interest in the story.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Although organizers have kept much of the exhibition under wraps, visitors can expect to be transfixed by a thoroughly Los Angeles tale.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

It was just a story that sort of transfixed my imagination at the time.”

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2026

Why are the patrons, transfixed by curious gladiating on a screen, screaming with delight one minute and groaning miserably the next?

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

The three of them . stood transfixed with horror under the Invisibility Cloak.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling