| This brief and enigmatic story has a remarkable effect on Bandini, hypnotizing and captivating him. |
| Their inscrutable, sphinx-like logic can prove hypnotizing, and even the brave of heart and nimble of mind may find him or herself captivated. |
| Very slowly he would open his eyes, and close them, almost hypnotizing me in the process. |
| He couldn't move, couldn't take his eyes off the blue cat's eyes staring back at him, hypnotizing him. |
| His eyes were disturbingly intense, their deep cerulean blue hypnotizing me. |
| But he merely blinked to rid himself of the hypnotizing glare, and the twist of the smirk was back on his face again. |
