How to Use transfix in a Sentence

transfix

verb

• By the 33rd time, you’re transfixed.
  — Lydia Wei, Pitchfork, 31 Mar. 2026
• Mainly male, all transfixed by what was taking place on the turf.
  — Camilla Wright, semafor.com, 17 Feb. 2026
• Thadeus writes a poem for the woman and child transfixed by the cave mouth.
  — Han Ong, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2025
• There are some games that transfix him and others that bore him in a few minutes.
  — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 25 June 2026
• Fans were transfixed by their elaborate light shows on stage.
  — Jim Stingl, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2018
• But his case has transfixed Norway due to his ties to the heir to the throne.
  — Gwladys Fouche, USA Today, 15 June 2026
• Rossellini is silent for the film’s first half, but her glares are transfixing.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
• Roshanak, a 31-year-old from Tehran, watched the game, transfixed.
  — Amie Ferris-Rotman, Washington Post, 15 June 2018
• The entire ground was transfixed as the former ran at the latter.
  — Sam Lee, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
• The entire Reds dugout was transfixed as the opening notes played.
  — Zach Buchanan, Cincinnati.com, 2 Oct. 2017
• But for 11 days, they are transfixed by Vegas’ siren of hope.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2019
• He certainly was transfixed - just like the rest of the country.
  — Isaac Stanley-Becker, chicagotribune.com, 27 June 2018
• Grimes was there, gaggle of kids orbiting her on the floor, transfixed.
  — Jaron Lanier, WIRED, 10 Dec. 2024
• Hunters come, surely, but more stand transfixed at the sight and sounds of these expressive birds.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Oct. 2019
• Her eyes transfix, but her elusive, fleeting smiles transmit no warmth.
  — Deborah Unger, Scientific American, 5 Nov. 2025
• For the first time since the start of the war, the group was transfixed by flickering images on a screen.
  — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 15 Aug. 2023
• The new findings shed more light on a case that has continued to transfix the nation.
  — Niha Masih, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2022
• Even folks in the comment section were transfixed by his dashing looks and grumpy old man eyebrows.
  — Tj MacIas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Jan. 2025
• She's transfixed by a figure visiting and waving to her from afar.
  — Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025
• Tires don’t shriek when somebody brakes to avoid an opossum transfixed by headlights in the middle of the road.
  — Gena Steffens, Smithsonian, 11 July 2019
• Whenever the ball reached his feet, the crowd held its breath, utterly transfixed.
  — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 12 May 2026
• No matter, at 80, Mitchell’s lost none of her power to transfix as a singer.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 5 Feb. 2024
• The crowd stood transfixed on his pure guitar mastery throughout this 73-minute set.
  — Mars Salazar, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Nov. 2024
• Tim was transfixed by the image of these guys tracking these storms down, then racing down dirt roads trying to head them off.
  — National Geographic, 21 Apr. 2018
• Wave a handful of blueberries in front of it and the finger will follow, transfixed.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2018
• This is more metaverse, another bright shiny object that had the world transfixed for a season or two.
  — Greg Petro, Forbes, 4 May 2023
• Like many of us, he was transfixed by the massive screens and the crystal-clear images projected on them.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2024
• The murder trial soon transfixed the world, and opinions were divided by race.
  — Corina Knoll, New York Times, 9 June 2024
• The world is transfixed by the novel coronavirus outbreak spreading around the globe.
  — Liz Specht, Wired, 13 Mar. 2020
• Medvedev, who was cast as the villain for much of this year's tournament, was equally transfixed by the montage.
  — Ben Church and Don Riddell, CNN, 9 Sep. 2019