hypnotize
verb (used with object)
to put in the hypnotic state.
were hypnotizing
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past progressiveof hypnotize.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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Should you own or have access to a tape recorder, I would suggest recording an induction of hypnosis and playing it back to yourself in this manner as though you were hypnotizing someone else.
From A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis by Melvin Powers
Dauntrey asked, indulgently, in a dreaming voice, as if her love and the force of her fierce vitality were hypnotizing him.
From The Guests Of Hercules by M. Leone Bracker
Soames gripped the counter hard, staring at the newly arrived cocktail as though it were hypnotizing him.
From The Yellow Claw by Sax Rohmer
