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Meanings of transfixed in English

Having your attention fixated as though by a spell.

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Usage of transfixed in English
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Creedmoor stared transfixed at the map of violence growing at his feet.
The half-made world
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For example, the 71-year-old playwright was transfixed by the Amanda Knox trial.
The Guardian
3
The eyes before him remained transfixed in the space beyond his shoulder.
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921
4
The rest of the world is still transfixed by Australia's bushfire crisis.
News.com.au
5
We stood transfixed for a moment as the room swelled with light.
The ghost chronicles
6
She didn't know how long they stood transfixed by that shining thing.
The darkest road
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For an instant the blacks and the whites stood transfixed with terror.
The Beasts of Tarzan
8
Forrester was transfixed by his computer screen, Googling away at 'human sacrifice'.
The genesis secret
9
There was a frozen moment while the scene was transfixed with light.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
10
He stood transfixed, dumbfounded, waiting for a second call that never came.
Silence of the grave
11
We watched, transfixed, as the great sacrifice was consumed in the night.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
12
I saw post-encephalitics who seemed frozen, transfixed, unable to take a step.
Wired
13
The sharpened stick that had transfixed the bait was pulled out clean.
Baree, Son of Kazan
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I remember standing transfixed; and crouching on the floor, after a while.
The street philosopher
15
The nation has been transfixed by coverage of the San Bernardino attacks.
Reuters
16
She could hold an audience transfixed just by taking her glove off.
Moon Over Soho
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Transfixed across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common