How to Use hypnotize in a Sentence

hypnotize

verb
Definition of hypnotizenext
Synonyms for hypnotizenext
  • He can hypnotize people with his stare.
  • The therapist hypnotized him and asked him questions about his traumatic experiences in the war.
  • And, as if hypnotized, Masha turned off the light and felt her way up the warm oven.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 2 Apr. 2018
  • To be absorbed isn’t the same thing as to be hypnotized.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2023
  • The hypnotizing bass in this song needs to be turned up HIGH.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The warning was, 'don't even look at it because the whirlpool will hypnotize you and suck you in.
    — CBS News, 7 July 2019
  • For subjects that were hypnotized, the story is much the same.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 29 July 2017
  • Maybe we, too, have been hypnotized by the Sloppy Swish.
    — Julia Emmanuele, PEOPLE.com, 7 May 2017
  • The result is a crowd of people glued to the screens, at once hypnotized and acting out the A.D.H.D. of the digital age.
    — Andrea K. Scott, The New Yorker, 4 May 2018
  • The summer can be hypnotizing, but the truth is, a new season is just around the corner.
    — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 30 July 2018
  • Look for shells and sea snails, get hypnotized by the powerful Atlantic waves, or pitch a tent right on the sand.
    — Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Teri said the private detective asked both her and Joe to be hypnotized.
    — jsonline.com, 27 Sep. 2017
  • As the sun starts to set, fire dancers surround the pool, moving in hypnotizing synchrony.
    — AL.com, 18 July 2017
  • For years, the sculptural arches of high heels have held me in a hypnotizing chokehold.
    — Alexis Bennett, Vogue, 2 Aug. 2023
  • On a busy night, there might be 40 people hanging out in the main lounge, hypnotized by the timbre and complexity of the tunes.
    — oregonlive, 3 Mar. 2023
  • This was the mid-1990s, an auspicious time to be hypnotized by pinstripes.
    — Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2018
  • The sister squad decided to get hypnotized and they were pretty freaked out about it.
    — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 11 Sep. 2019
  • These baits have slow, sweeping actions that seem to hypnotize lethargic bass and lure them out of shade and cover.
    — Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 1 May 2024
  • In the zoo’s videos, Fiona hypnotizes me with blobby, wobbly cuteness.
    — Anne Saker, Cincinnati.com, 8 Aug. 2017
  • When the town refuses to pay him for his services, the piper plays another tune to hypnotize the children and lead them out of the town, never to be seen again.
    — Devi Lockwood, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2019
  • From the very first scene I was hypnotized by the unusual Earthy brown base with golden highlights, and the ultra-long, virginal waves.
    — Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Oct. 2017
  • The way the golden brown pancake balloons to twice the height of the pan it's baked in before collapsing in on itself is hypnotizing.
    — Ileana Morales Valentine, Tampa Bay Times, 20 Feb. 2017
  • The food is incredible, the water is hypnotizing, and the people are so sweet!
    — Alison Loehnis, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Feb. 2018
  • Donna knows something Betty doesn’t, though: There’s now a new code, one that can hypnotize Betty on a dime.
    — Kaitlin Reilly, refinery29.com, 13 Feb. 2020
  • The villain here is called Screenslaver, who uses screens to hypnotize anyone watching.
    — Lindsey Bahr, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2018
  • But then, a kind of magic intervenes, when George manages to hypnotize Krupp with a plastic ring.
    — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 2 June 2017
  • Sigourney is a killer beauty queen who loves to hypnotize audiences with her piercing white eyes and sky-high hair.
    — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2021
  • What is wrong with us is that we have been hypnotized into thinking of politics as strictly us vs. them.
    — Dave Holmes, Esquire, 25 May 2017
  • Theo is like a puppy dog who would chase a mail truck into highway traffic, while Anne is all but hypnotized by the sight of her step-son’s tail wagging behind him.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 25 June 2024
  • Jade Swim Jade Swim proves that minimal doesn’t have to mean boring, with eye-catching one-shoulder designs, fine straps, and hypnotizing colors.
    — Alexis Bennett Parker, Vogue, 3 July 2024

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