mesmerize AmE
mesmerise BrE

The city, like the rest of the country, is mesmerized by the case.

Six months earlier I was still mesmerized by the book and the idea.

For a moment I was mesmerized by the offer of help.

He held it in front of her, but like one mesmerized, she did not move.

What it means is, we are not mesmerized by growth.

I stood there mesmerized as she looked up at me.

It seemed that this year he had mesmerized them again.

She sat on the floor in back and watched as if mesmerized.

The name mesmerized me from the moment I first drove by.

And yes, I can mesmerize people, though not very well.

I've never heard of him before, but when he first opened his mouth, I was mesmerized.

On his return, however, he is mesmerized by the singing of two women.

"I played for people in my village and they were mesmerized."

Mesmerized by the voice, she did not react at first.

Most just stare out at the street, as if mesmerized.

It was his very first baseball game, and we were both mesmerized.

He was going to die, she thought, mesmerized, just the way that other man had.

I have sat before it a dozen times, always mesmerized.

She stared at him, mesmerized, as he moved toward her.

Trouble was, the closer he got, the more mesmerized she became.

They are mutually mesmerized but keep going their own ways.

"Yes" was all she said now, mesmerized by the view on the forward screen.

He tried to return to his reports, but the sight held him mesmerized.

Was,' said David, mesmerized by something he could not define.

I could not hope to speak this body language but watched, mesmerized, well into the early hours.

But in the morning, it was my turn to be mesmerised.

Well done to all those involved in this series, I was mesmerised.

She's mesmerised, but in a good way as she always has a pile of questions.

I did, however, get mesmerised by the factual information used in this book.

They were mesmerised by the detail which was spread out before them.

Instead he sat flipping from one news channel to another, mesmerised.

It was as though the atmosphere in this cabin had her mesmerised.

It was just as if he were being mesmerised.

He pressed nose and hands to the glass display, mesmerised.

The audience at the competition were mesmerised by his muscle display.

Holly has already mesmerised the worker, so he suspects nothing.

It was the story, not the story-teller, that had mesmerised her.

Here they are mesmerised and made helpless by the Animus.

The sun hauls its way upward and we are all mesmerised.

He looked like a man who was mesmerised by the England bowlers.

She was like a helpless rabbit mesmerised by a hawk.

Both Glovers had come to a halt now, mesmerised despite themselves.

The young man seemed mesmerised by the gentle gaze of the beast on the wall.

Bob sat on the edge of his seat, mesmerised by the old man's recollections.

These days I see the delta for real every day, but I'm still mesmerised.

"If they do, they will find themselves mesmerised by her swing."

I remember being mesmerised that day with the magic that went on.

He stares into the empty eye sockets as if mesmerised.

While the media, still mesmerised by a possible price war, might look askance at the group, the City seems to approve.

She was frozen, unable to walk away, mesmerised like prey before a snake.