On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Transfixed. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as fascinated or hypnotized and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Transfixed meaning
Rendered motionless by completely focused attention, rapt, entranced, mesmerized.
Synonyms of Transfixed
Using Transfixed
- The main meaning on this page is: Rendered motionless by completely focused attention, rapt, entranced, mesmerized.
- Useful related words include: fascinated, hypnotized, hypnotised, mesmerized.
- In the example corpus, transfixed often appears in combinations such as: transfixed by, was transfixed, transfixed the.
Context around Transfixed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Transfixed
- In this selection, "transfixed" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, stood, players, constantly, probably and reduced stand out and add context to how "transfixed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and becomes transfixed by the and and being transfixed. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "transfixed" sits close to words such as abating, abstaining and accumulator, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with transfixed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It transfixed the heart. (4 words)
Celebrity has transfixed the real estate world. (7 words)
Critics were transfixed during the show’s UK broadcast. (9 words)
Of the girl with the brown ponytail with the unlimited range who always seemed to know what was coming next and the blonde who never got rattled with the ball in her hands, by opponents or the sea of eyes constantly transfixed on her. (44 words)
But in his highest moments he goes far beyond these earthly concerns and leaves the listener spinning in space; lost, transfixed, reduced to an infant-like state of wonder, finding solace and comfort all the same in some unseen spiritual presence. (41 words)
The book goes on to follow Eliza as she attends the court proceedings with Sarah, and becomes transfixed by the figure of Bogle, whose stories of empire and the sugar trade help her to see the world anew. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Eileen, naturally, is transfixed, and in their first few brief conversations Rebecca seizes on the fact that beneath that meek exterior and squeaky voice (this time sporting a variable Boston accent), Eileen can drop some quiet barbs.
If the record heard was Coltrane’s 1965 magnum opus, “A Love Supreme,” it is no secret why she was transfixed.
I was both astonished and delighted and stood transfixed as each successive flight took wing—caught up by the sheer incredible spectacle of so many cherry little goldfinches.
So, there we stood, the boys not so transfixed probably in their gaze as mine but I was mesmerized.
Celebrity has transfixed the real estate world.
Critics were transfixed during the show’s UK broadcast.
Earlier in the afternoon, Robert’s son, Geoff, and widow, Carol, addressed the Officer players in the social rooms in a moving pregame address that had the players transfixed.
He was transfixed by the experience of witnessing the total eclipse in 2017, marveling at how the sky darkened in daytime, the air suddenly chilled, birds silenced and nighttime bugs started chirping.
In his interviews he repeatedly describes a decisive moment his life, looking down from Chicago’s highest building as a 17-year-old exchange student and being transfixed.
Of the girl with the brown ponytail with the unlimited range who always seemed to know what was coming next and the blonde who never got rattled with the ball in her hands, by opponents or the sea of eyes constantly transfixed on her.
On my final day at the show, I finally found the time to visit its booth and stood transfixed as I just watched others play through it.
The book goes on to follow Eliza as she attends the court proceedings with Sarah, and becomes transfixed by the figure of Bogle, whose stories of empire and the sugar trade help her to see the world anew.
The impeachment of Ruto’s 2022 election running mate has transfixed the East African country, generally regarded as a stable democracy in a turbulent region.
But in his highest moments he goes far beyond these earthly concerns and leaves the listener spinning in space; lost, transfixed, reduced to an infant-like state of wonder, finding solace and comfort all the same in some unseen spiritual presence.
Inexplicably, I became transfixed by his eyebrows and lost a little concentration wondering if they’d been subject to modern grooming.
In spring, the pass was filled with curlew trills and I stood transfixed by lapwing aerobatics and lost myself in the songs of skylarks.
It transfixed the heart.
Kate goes to Mary for help with her symptoms, and Mary argues that Kate is too transfixed on what happened with Beth.
Pooh and Piglet both stare at you, transfixed by the sounds coming out of your mouth.
Shipwrecked during the Vendee Globe race deep in the Southern Ocean, the stocky former Royal Marine kissed his rescuers after they dragged him exhausted from the sea to end a drama that had held the world transfixed.
Common combinations with transfixed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- transfixed by 16×
- was transfixed 7×
- transfixed the 5×
- is transfixed 3×
- transfixed and 3×
- stood transfixed 3×
- be transfixed 2×
- transfixed as 2×
- so transfixed 2×
- has transfixed 2×