Thesaurus results for TRANSFIXED

transfixed

verb

past tense of transfix

as in stabbed

to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object transfixed the inanimate butterfly specimens to the collection board

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Recent Examples of transfixed When Kelly married Prince Rainier of Monaco, 30 million people watching from around the globe were transfixed by what seemed like a fairy tale. —

Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026 Lovelace O’Neal was transfixed by the idea of how much water the massive creatures would displace when engaging in intercourse. —

News Desk, Artforum, 15 May 2026 Sometimes, the frame is transfixed by haunting, practically subliminal changes fomenting on a subconscious level, as Dua is shaken from within, and the remarkable Matoshi doles out nuggets of recognizable emotion from beneath her rock-hard exterior. —

Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 May 2026 Become transfixed by the classical music of renowned Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin during the Chopin Concerts from May to September. —

Kasia Dietz, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2026 Whenever the ball reached his feet, the crowd held its breath, utterly transfixed. —

Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 12 May 2026 Riding and Bamford also display models of what else transfixed that public—magic lanterns, toy theaters, and so on. —

Julian Bell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026 By the 33rd time, you’re transfixed. —

Lydia Wei, Pitchfork, 31 Mar. 2026 Since the age of silent movies, filmmakers have been transfixed by the idea of blasting off from our home planet to explore the moon. —

Jeff Spry, Space.com, 30 Mar. 2026

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Arriving officers found an unresponsive man who had significant injuries consistent with being stabbed, Becchina said.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2026
What followed, Lane claimed, was a four-hour altercation in which Wilson choked and stabbed him multiple times in the chest and hand, before throwing him through a pair of sliding glass doors.

— Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026