transfix
verb
trans·fix
tran(t)s-ˈfiks 
transfixed; transfixing; transfixes
1
: to hold motionless by or as if by piercing
he stood transfixed by her gaze
2
: to pierce through with or as if with a pointed weapon : impale
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Examples of transfix in a Sentence
transfixed the inanimate butterfly specimens to the collection board
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But a movie can be transfixing without actually being good, and that’s the allure of Cats.
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Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 30 July 2024
Jen Murphy Updated Jul 24, 2024 The Titan Disaster Shouldn’t Keep Us from Exploring the Ocean’s Depths
A year ago, the world was transfixed by the Titan implosion thousands of feet underwater.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 24 July 2024
And just as production was winding down, the world’s imagination became transfixed by a powerful new tool — Chat GTP4 — lending the show’s themes of AI‘s promise and peril an all-new urgency.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 July 2024
Chilling moment: Rachel discovers Aidan, transfixed in front of a television, watching the video.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 15 July 2024
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Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 30 July 2024
Jen Murphy Updated Jul 24, 2024 The Titan Disaster Shouldn’t Keep Us from Exploring the Ocean’s Depths
A year ago, the world was transfixed by the Titan implosion thousands of feet underwater.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 24 July 2024
And just as production was winding down, the world’s imagination became transfixed by a powerful new tool — Chat GTP4 — lending the show’s themes of AI‘s promise and peril an all-new urgency.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 July 2024
Chilling moment: Rachel discovers Aidan, transfixed in front of a television, watching the video.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 15 July 2024
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“Transfix.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transfix. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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transfix
verb
trans·fix
tran(t)s-ˈfiks
1
: to pierce through with or as if with a pointed weapon
2
: to hold motionless by or as if by piercing
stood transfixed by her gaze
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