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How to use hypnosis in a sentence

14 example sentences · noun

Hypnosis means a trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced. Example: “She entered a state of deep hypnosis.”

Examples of hypnosis by meaning

nounA trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed...

  • She entered a state of deep hypnosis.
  • The therapy used hypnosis to treat anxiety.

More sentences with hypnosis

  • Hypnosis is a peculiar condition of the nervous system.From the entry condition
  • The theme of this channel is hypnoseduction, the style of sensual erotic hypnosis.1999, Richard Hopkins, “hypnoeroticafe”, in alt.hypnosis (Usenet). From the entry hypnoseduction
  • Imagine that instead of robocats there are immobile spies with a mechanical hypnosis device.1996, Andrew Pessin, Sanford Goldberg, The Twin Earth Chronicles, page 109. From the entry robocat
  • They regressed me, putting me under hypnosis.2018, Michael Brein, Rosemary Ellen Guiley, The Road to Strange: UFOs, Aliens and High Strangeness. From the entry regress
  • Then, through the hypnosis, they found out that our car was abducted right off the road and into a craft.2018, Michael Brein, Rosemary Ellen Guiley, The Road to Strange: UFOs, Aliens and High Strangeness. From the entry regress
  • Unpotty training has been a curiosity of mine, but I've always been skeeved out by those creepy hypnosis files.2016 March 5, u/BranniganZapp, “The Internet guide to unpotty training”, in r/ABDL, Reddit. From the entry unpotty training
  • Sawyer’s tick-tock pulse, inducing a bucolic Krautrock-style hypnosis.2009 August 10, Steve Smith, “Guitarists by the Hundreds, With a Funk Chaser, Power an Outdoor Concert”, in New York Times. From the entry sitarlike
  • Direct persuasive suggestion under hypnosis was the type of hypnotherapy used by the old medical practitioners of hypnotism.1947, Leslie M. Lecron, Jean Bordeaux, Hypnotism Today. From the entry hypnotherapy
  • Hypnosis, contrary to perceptions perpetuated by the media, is not some highly guarded secret-squirrel procedure that loses its efficacy once the "truth" is exposed.2012, David B. Reid, Hypnosis for Behavioral Health: A Guide to Expanding Your Professional Practice, Springer, page 196. From the entry secret squirrel
  • This assumption underlies the repeated comparison of hypnosis to scientific tests designed to measure the truthfulness of the subject, such as polygraphs and truth sera.1984 fall, John L. Plotkin, “The Previously Hypnotized Witness: Is His Testimony Admissible?”, in Military Law Review, volume 106, pages…. From the entry truth serum
  • With the help of the D.A.'s sodium pentothal, hypnosis and some old-fashioned strong-arming, Russo then "remembered" that somebody "like" Clay Shaw, but under another name, was talked about.1992 February 2, Mitzel, “Clay Shaw, The Quean Network & That Kennedy Killing”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 28, page 12. From the entry sodium pentothal
  • The process of animal hypnosis has been called catatonia, catalepsy, thanatosis, akinesis, and action inhibition; in man it has been known as mesmerism, animal magnetism, somnambulism, reverie, and druidic sleep.1973, Lyall Watson, Supernature, page vii. 213. From the entry druidic sleep

Meaning of hypnosis

  1. noun A trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced.
  2. noun The practice of inducing hypnosis; hypnotism.
  3. noun Any of various sleep-like conditions.

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Questions about hypnosis in a sentence

How do you use hypnosis in a sentence?
Hypnosis is used as a noun. For example: “She entered a state of deep hypnosis.”
What is a short sentence with hypnosis?
“She entered a state of deep hypnosis.”
What does hypnosis mean?
Hypnosis means a trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced.

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