Thesaurus results for TRANCE

trance

noun

ˈtran(t)s

as in daydreaming

the state of being lost in thought lulled by the sound of the train, she stared out the window in a trance, oblivious to the fact that the conductor was taking tickets

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Recent Examples of trance In other words, the age-old trance of acceptance has broken, and there are suddenly too many entrepreneurs capturing disaffected audiences by accusing legacy institutions of corruption and cowardice. —

Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026 For the trance choreography, Bhanuteja collaborated with choreographer Siko Setyanto to create original movement rather than replicate existing traditions. —

Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026 Until that point, many of Max’s scenes outside of Vecna’s prison had been in a state of unconsciousness; back in Hawkins, she’s been stuck in a two-year trance. —

Nick Remsen, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2025 The K-pop boy band Cortis arrived with an entourage of handlers and bopped around to their own music; the trance DJ Armin van Buuren got stony-serious on the topic of his new, piano-only album. —

Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for trance

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Noun

In the album’s most beautiful moments, Triplin makes arpeggios sound like prancing through an earthly paradise and sands off juke’s rough edges to produce rhythms that seem to chug along in the margins of a daydreaming brain.

— Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 5 Mar. 2026
These cuts enable us to spend more time daydreaming and less time in the salon.

— Loren Savini, Allure, 14 Feb. 2026