transfixed

Parisians, most of them children with strangely adult faces, stand transfixed or walk past each other, engaged in what the urban theorist Jane Jacobs called “an intricate sidewalk ballet.”

Friday, however, at least gives the world's number-one side the chance to regain the upper hand in a rivalry that has transfixed the rugby world in recent years.

Vampires might not the hero you typically root for, but they have transfixed us for centuries.

As a young aspiring ballerina, I was transfixed by ribbons.

He remained transfixed by the challenge of emotional expression, which he called a deep human need.