mesmeric
adjective
mes·mer·ic
mez-ˈmer-ik 
also mes-
1
: of, relating to, or induced by mesmerism
2
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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.
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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
Pop music—the mesmeric choruses, the repetition, the propulsive beats—is mantra-like by design.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 3 May 2024
In the hands of another memoirist, the story of Fi might be unbearably sad, but this book is a mesmeric celebration of a boy who died too soon, a mother’s love and her resilience.
—David Sheff, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
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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
Pop music—the mesmeric choruses, the repetition, the propulsive beats—is mantra-like by design.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 3 May 2024
In the hands of another memoirist, the story of Fi might be unbearably sad, but this book is a mesmeric celebration of a boy who died too soon, a mother’s love and her resilience.
—David Sheff, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
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“Mesmeric.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mesmeric. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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