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
Examples of transfix in a Sentence
transfixed the inanimate butterfly specimens to the collection board
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Elly Fishman, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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This wondrous feat of real-life derring-do, intercut with multiple other standoffs, transfixes us because a lot of it involves things going spectacularly wrong — again, very much in the Mission: Impossible tradition.
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Elly Fishman, New York Times, 22 May 2025
For years, the whodunnit legal saga has transfixed true-crime fans across the country, spurring an array of podcasts, movies and television shows.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 22 May 2025
The New Zeitgeist In my 1980s business school days, we were transfixed by Theodore Levitt’s globalization of markets argument, in which technology and cultural changes were evaporating the need for products to have national and regional differences.
—Tim Wragg, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
This wondrous feat of real-life derring-do, intercut with multiple other standoffs, transfixes us because a lot of it involves things going spectacularly wrong — again, very much in the Mission: Impossible tradition.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 May 2025
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“Transfix.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transfix. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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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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