mesmerize
verb (used with object)
was mesmerizing
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past progressiveof mesmerize.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Lisa Foiles posted a tribute on Facebook, writing, “It doesn’t feel fair when we lose one of our own. Christy was mesmerizing to me on ‘All That.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
It was mesmerizing from the start, but as we got closer to the island, the color of the water blossomed into the most breathtaking shades of sapphire-blue, turquoise and emerald-green I had ever seen.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2023
In “Agon,” the masterful 1957 collaboration between Balanchine and Stravinsky, a performance of the first pas de trois — with India Bradley, Taylor Stanley and Meaghan Dutton-O’Hara — was mesmerizing in its tautness.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2023
It’s easy to point fingers in hindsight, but it’s doubtful any of the armchair quarterbacks were complaining when Julio was mesmerizing the millions of onlookers last Monday.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 25, 2022
The ripple of glavelight on its satin-blue sheen was mesmerizing, its surface cool against his dream-fevered skin.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
