mesmeric

adjective

mes·mer·ic mez-ˈmer-ik

also mes-

: of, relating to, or induced by mesmerism

: fascinating, irresistible

mesmerically

mez-ˈmer-i-k(ə-)lē

also mes-

adverb

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Reality and fiction blend on screen, with Roy’s narration and Alexandria’s imaginings coming together into a mesmeric story about mythmaking, misunderstanding, and creativity as a reciprocal process. —

Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2024 The effect, combined with the amorphous light and dark shapes emanating from the screen was mesmeric. —

Benny Har-Even, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024 For Cohen, worldly maturity ushered in an altogether different woundedness, a mesmeric—and distinctly not adolescent—sadness, deep-seated and temperamental but intensified by crippling doubts about his gifts, about his singing especially. —

Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2024 The painter Julia Chiang, to whom Donnelly happens to be married, did something similar, transforming the mesmeric geometries of her tensely colorful canvases into cones for cotton candy. —

Marley Marius, Vogue, 26 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for mesmeric