"Transfixed" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the fort constructed among the rocks, that in the fog they did not discover it. They began to scatter about; they were evidently persuaded that the English had made their escape across the island. At length three or four Malays wandered close up to the fort. They stood for a moment as if transfixed, and then, as it beamed on their comprehension what it really was, they beat a retreat, shouting ...
— The Three Midshipmen • W.H.G. Kingston
... Transfixed, Tess stood for many minutes where Young had left her. A shadow dropped upon the path. Teola, pale and ill, came toward her, and ...
— Tess of the Storm Country • Grace Miller White
... goodness sake!" Ruth and Grace stood at the door of their cabin, transfixed with surprise. "What on earth has ...
— The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires - The Ghost of Lost Man's Trail • Laura Dent Crane
... startled the lobbies. The hangers-on, the typewriters, the janitors, the smoking members came pouring into the chamber and stood, transfixed and open-mouthed. ...
— In the Arena - Stories of Political Life • Booth Tarkington
... averted face, he descended into his cabin, leaving the strange captain transfixed at this unconditional and utter rejection of his so earnest suit. But starting from his enchantment, Gardiner silently hurried to the side; more fell than stepped into his boat, and ...
— Moby Dick; or The Whale • Herman Melville
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