How to Use hypnotic in a Sentence

hypnotic

adjective
  • Riding in a car often has a hypnotic effect on babies.
  • The psychologist put her into a hypnotic state.
  • The best songs tend to find a hypnotic groove and stick to it.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 6 July 2023
  • But his hypnotic voice poured through the phone.
    — Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
  • But in Kincaid’s steady hands, the pain of a long union is made hypnotic.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The hypnotic synths had the crowd gently head-bobbing in rhythm.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 6 Mar. 2026
  • With its hypnotic funk and minor piano trills, this soul track speaks to the very hottest of summer days.
    — Kriston Capps, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Plus, all of the songs put you in a nearly hypnotic trance that forces you to count in your head or tap your foot along to the beats.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 2 July 2026
  • The result is eye-catching and hypnotic, funny and bizarre.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2025
  • In long, hypnotic backstories, her voice grows rich and evocative.
    — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Its hypnotic look takes center stage, even when used on smaller pieces of furniture.
    — Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The vistas are hypnotic to the point of drugginess.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The second blasts out over a throbbing crowd of mostly gay men, tearing up a dance floor to its hypnotic, trance-like beat.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The hypnotic music of their homeland still made life a carnival.
    — Miriam Jordan David Cabrera, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2023
  • This track, with its hypnotic melody and lyrical repetition, says it all.
    — Allyson McCabe, Vulture, 27 July 2023
  • You will be drawn into the hypnotic amber wood and floral notes that make this perfume so compelling.
    — Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The result can be regal and refined or dark and hypnotic depending on its blend.
    — Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Toward the end, the song twists into a key change, leading into a hypnotic synth solo.
    — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2023
  • That smell of Sumatra — earthy, smoky, almost hypnotic.
    — Nick El Hajj, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • There's not enough space to properly explain how hypnotic and beguiling your role was to young me.
    — Sue Carswell, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2022
  • The closer the camera moved, the more hypnotic his presence became.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The closer the camera moved, the more hypnotic his presence became.
    — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Lambert pays ode to folks out in the country getting in done on this somewhere odd, but strangely hypnotic track.
    — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The novel delivers all the frenzy of a gold rush with rhythmic, hypnotic prose.
    — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The warm cookies, pliable for only a few seconds, are hand-folded with a hypnotic rhythm.
    — Maggie Downs, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
  • At first, Wardlow just mused aloud about whatever was on his mind, his voice calming and hypnotic.
    — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Do Nothings hypnotic trail of neroli, fig, and a hint of cedar is the perfect spritz for sweltering days.
    — The Editors, Town & Country, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Incense and sandalwood blend to make a heady, hypnotic fragrance.
    — Katie Berohn, Good Housekeeping, 11 May 2022
  • He and Fela Kuti, who might seem to have little in common, both thrill to a hypnotic groove.
    — Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2025
  • All of which is to say there’s a hypnotic quality to the bumper, but not in a way that feels particularly good.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025

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