Thesaurus results for MESMERIZES

mesmerizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of mesmerize

as in fascinates

to hold the attention of as if by a spell discovered that the children were mesmerized by a television show

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Recent Examples of mesmerizes Everyone on stage mesmerizes, yet Christopher Nell as The Boy, a barrel of laughs and an acrobat, nonetheless steals the show. —

Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026 During halftime, the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band mesmerizes the crowd with its military precision and complex formations. —

Kristen Tribe, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2025

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Verb

There is something about the play Harvey that fascinates me, especially for right now.

— Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
Part of what fascinates and frustrates as regards Ginsberg is that for all of those thick anthologies, propriety forces me to concede that many of the poems simply aren’t that good.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 June 2026