transfix
verb (used with object)
to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.
transfixed
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past participleof transfix.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof transfix.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
transfixverb (used with object)to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.
Example Sentences
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Inside the bunker, the Ukrainians were transfixed by the live feed of his passage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Even though our granny was, like all people in the mountains, well acquainted with Dolly by that point, she was still transfixed.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
He was hopeless at math and likely dyslexic, but said he was utterly transfixed by music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Block described staring up at the gallery wall, transfixed by the horror.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Ollivander looked horrified, transfixed, by the amount that Harry knew.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
