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gore, harpoon, impale, jab, lance, peck, pick, pierce, pink, puncture, run through, skewer, spear, spike, spit, stab, stick, transpierce
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The nation had become transfixed with coverage of sensational murder trials involving the Menendez brothers and O.J. Simpson. — Stephen Battaglio, Detroit Free Press, "The verdict is in: Viewers can't get enough true-crime stories from NBC's ‘Dateline’," 14 July 2019 The nation had become transfixed with coverage of sensational murder trials involving the Menendez brothers and O.J. Simpson. — Stephen Battaglio, latimes.com, "NBC’s ‘Dateline’ is riding high on TV's true-crime wave," 11 July 2019 From mid-December to mid-January, as the nation was transfixed by the impeachment, the Dow gained 9%, according to The Wall Street Journal’s Market Data Group. — James Freeman, WSJ, "Post-Trump Slump?," 24 Aug. 2018 Katie Holmes is that rare fashion figure who can transfix on the red carpet in custom, sculptural Zac Posen and look equally ravishing on the New York City sidewalks. — Edward Barsamian, Vogue, "Katie Holmes Kicks It Casually in the City in Adidas and Prada," 30 May 2018 Our cinematographer, Brad Holland, was there to film the floating block table—but wound up seeing a few of the artisans working on the brand's Blackline serving boards and was transfixed. — Candace Braun Davison, House Beautiful, "There's a Cool Trick to How These Serving Boards Get Their Color," 19 July 2019 Six hundred million people back on Earth watched them, transfixed. — CBS News, "NASA legends remember the nerve-wracking moments before Apollo 11 landing," 15 July 2019 Fifty years ago, Glen Williams, along with an estimated 600 million other people around the globe, watched, transfixed, as a television screen showed Apollo 11 touching down on the moon. — Heidi Stevens, chicagotribune.com, "Column: He and his mom preserved a 1969 moon landing newspaper. 50 years later, he unwrapped it for the first time.," 20 July 2019 That’s to say nothing of the Nuggets, whose coaches and front office members were as transfixed as everyone else on what Zion Williamson was doing in his debut. — Mike Singer, The Denver Post, "Clippers’ seismic Kawhi Leonard move shakes NBA, but Nuggets believe in their foundation," 6 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'transfix.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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