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UK
/mˈɛsməɹˌaɪz/
]
VERB
-
attract strongly, as if with a magnet
She magnetized the audience with her tricks - induce hypnosis in
How To Use mesmerise In A Sentence
- The kids stand frozen and slack-jawed, mesmerized by the adults capering around in rented tutus.
- I was mesmerized with his humanity, his tiny features and newborn mewl and with the fact that he was mine. Oh, Boy.
- These poor kids are … learning from each other that their worth (in the eyes of the opposite sex) is found solely in the skin they expose and how they physically mesmerize the other. ProWomanProLife » Modesty, nudity, identity
- At the end you are mesmerised by the linear rhythm and the counterpoise of the relief.
- Older and chubbier, which doesn't matter, he is a torrentially powerful, elemental actor, whose outbursts mesmerize, and whose very silences impress.
- The television footage of resistance fighters aired on Lebanese broadcasting stations mesmerized her.
- Regrettably, it seems to have mesmerized my daughter, who responds with a mixture of fascination and horror.
- Among the curiosities are the necklace [FN#682] of human bones given to Burton by Gelele, some specimens of old Istrian china picked up in the cottages near Trieste, and a three-sided mirror and two crystals with which Burton used to mesmerise his wife. The Life of Sir Richard Burton
- Together we're leafing through the final proof copy, and I'm mesmerised by the rich colours, those magical prints, the way Rhodes has channelled inspiration gleaned from world travel.
- Despite the disastrous night prior, Devin still dwelt in a sublime state, mesmerised by tantalizing blue eyes and a rosebud mouth.