half-hypnotised

Updated: June 11, 2025

I'll make you know your mind. What do you mean to do? Are you coming in a fit of sentiment, or do you mean business?" Suddenly, half-hypnotised, the young girl ceased to struggle. Her face had the strangest expression of submission and defiance a sort of pain, a sort of delight. So they sat full half a minute staring at each other's eyes.

John Galsworthy - Fraternity

"And then he got up to go away, and stood with his hands resting on the chairback, and spoke to me in a low, queer voice. He said, 'Don't try to play any tricks on me, my good girl and don't let your sister try to play any. You would both have reason to regret it." She was a half-hypnotised thing, and Betty, watching her with curious but tender eyes, recognised the abnormality.

Frances Hodgson Burnett - The Shuttle