Definitions

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  • noun a trancelike state in which the person can follow instructions but voluntary action is weak or absent

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Examples

  • These semitrance states are treated in the village with a long and arduous cleansing ritual.

    Crazy Like Us Ethan Watters 2010

  • He slipped into a semitrance with startling speed and began to recite formulae and trace symbols in the air.

    A Corridor in the Asylum 2010

  • As she stood there in a semitrance, remembering, her old, false visions fell away and she began to really see the reality of that summer with Lorrie.

    Holly Jude Deveraux 2003

  • As she stood there in a semitrance, remembering, her old, false visions fell away and she began to really see the reality of that summer with Lorrie.

    Holly Jude Deveraux 2003

  • As she stood there in a semitrance, remembering, her old, false visions fell away and she began to really see the reality of that summer with Lorrie.

    Holly Jude Deveraux 2003

  • The editor sitting next to the chief, an enormous mountain of flesh, was droning like a Tibetan lama in a semitrance about Sheldon Stoker's latest horror novel.

    Cyberbooks Bova, Ben, 1932- 1989

  • The editor sitting next to the chief, an enormous mountain of flesh, was droning like a Tibetan lama in a semitrance about Sheldon Stoker's latest horror novel.

    Cyberbooks Bova, Ben, 1932- 1989

  • The wisp of escaping steam seemed to mesmerize him, for he shook his head as the pop of the released top broke the semitrance.

    the ship who sang McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1969

  • The wisp of escaping steam seemed to mesmerize him, for he shook his head as the pop of the released top broke the semitrance.

    The Ship Who Sang McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1969

  • At last, a group swung by and the sound of their conversation brought Don out of his semitrance.

    The Best Made Plans Everett B. Cole

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