How to Use hypnosis in a Sentence

hypnosis

noun
  • He underwent hypnosis to treat his fear of water.
  • While under hypnosis, she described the horrific accident in detail.
  • Where did the hypnosis fail to work?
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 June 2026
  • The thing about hypnosis is that the client is in control the entire time.
    — Essence, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Do people still turn to hypnosis to quit smoking and lose weight?
    — Cotton Codinha, Allure, 21 June 2019
  • Mortensen has a video of a young man doing a handstand under hypnosis.
    — Sheryl Devore, Lake County News-Sun, 23 Mar. 2018
  • This catchy robotic jingle is a dull hypnosis that few sports-car fans fell into.
    — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 15 Sep. 2020
  • What do memories have to do with placebos and hypnosis and health?
    — National Geographic, 27 Nov. 2016
  • The way Perri saw it, flow sounded a lot like hypnosis.
    — Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • For this record, the music was written in response to that hypnosis.
    — Troy Reimink, Detroit Free Press, 22 July 2017
  • Who has hours to sweat over a stove, stirring oneself into hypnosis?
    — New York Times, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Gene was formed by this alpine hypnosis, this hushing of human drama.
    — Vogue, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Hip-hop’s machine rhythm and rock’s tonal smearing combine for hypnosis on two fronts.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Hypnosis-by-style is partly what's going on here, in other words.
    — Matt Peckham, Time, 28 Aug. 2017
  • That doesn’t mean that hypnosis should be performed in a vacuum.
    — Cotton Codinha, Allure, 21 June 2019
  • The gentle blend of woody spice and rose tones will arouse the senses and pull you in for seductive hypnosis.
    — Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Kurczewski thought hypnosis could help get a clear story out of Teri.
    — jsonline.com, 27 Sep. 2017
  • That’s not so different from hypnosis —a practice that got a bad rap over the years thanks to mesmerists and stage stunts.
    — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2022
  • Curry's plans to buy a Bugatti were dashed by Ayesha's hypnosis.
    — Andrew Joseph, USA TODAY, 26 June 2017
  • The 10 minutes that follow each three-minute hypnosis spoof are the same across all three versions.
    — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The downside is that some people do not respond as strongly to hypnosis as others.
    — Jo Marchant, Discover Magazine, 23 May 2014
  • By the time the film is careening toward climax, highway hypnosis has set in.
    — Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 26 June 2025
  • Her paper on enhanced story telling in hypnosis was published by the Guild.
    — courant.com, 1 Dec. 2019
  • In other words, an irresistible hypnosis for cinephiles.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Thinking too hard about this mass self-hypnosis leads to unpleasant, un-Disney thoughts.
    — Oliver Staley, Quartz, 5 Mar. 2020
  • Leland’s hypnosis is strong, but Andy’s love for his kid is stronger, sorry Satan!
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 13 June 2024
  • Sexy, blasé dancefloor hypnosis has clearly worked for Fcukers.
    — Lydia Wei, Pitchfork, 31 Mar. 2026
  • However, one of them looks out at the viewer, resisting the hypnosis.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The legendary funk master loved the song and sent across the rapid-fire guitar parts which give it an intuitive promise of rhythm hypnosis.
    — Poppy Reid, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2021
  • But his arrival shifts the film’s entire mood, as his baritone murmurings cast a sort of hypnosis on Clarence.
    — Beatrice Loayza, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025

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