transfix
verb (used with object)
to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.
transfixes
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present tense formof transfix (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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This Eden is enhanced by the birth of a son, Elio, whose beauty transfixes all who see him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
And, at the end of the day, a sport that both transfixes and repels did both again.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2021
It transfixes, not with artifice or cheap sentiment, but with a strange alchemy of gloom and light.
From Washington Post ● May 21, 2018
When we have a narcissist acting out at the center of our attention whose moves both defy logic and spark negative emotions, that person sets off fireworks in our brains and transfixes our interest.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2017
The flashing of white, pink, and green briefly transfixes me.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
