Transfixed

Examples

• It has never been transfixed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• In a flash the operator switched on the current and the two men stood as if transfixed, hanging desperately to their weapons that were held aloft as by some giant’s hand. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Gerald started to his feet, and stood transfixed in horror. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• This long screw would have transfixed it and drawn it up with a single pull. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I trust in saying this--' For a moment the lady, with a glass at her eye, stood transfixed and speechless before the two Miss Dorrits. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The bird came fluttering down, transfixed with the arrow. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• She was first transfixed with surprise, and then electrified with delight. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Instead of being transfixed, Herbert replied in an easy matter-of-course way, Exactly. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• And they were silent; they were transfixed; and so was the invader. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He stood transfixed for a moment; then, leaping from the window into the garden, called loudly for help. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• It wanted this to complete the defeat,' said Mr. James Harthouse, sinking, with a resigned air, on the sofa, after standing transfixed a little while. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• George had stood like one transfixed, at hearing his doom thus suddenly pronounced by a power that he knew was irresistible. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Gerald stood transfixed, his soul echoing in horror. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He stood transfixed to the spot, gazing on vacancy. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.

Typed by Brooke