2
: a sleeplike state (as of deep hypnosis) usually characterized by partly suspended animation with diminished or absent sensory and motor activity
3
: a state of profound abstraction or absorption
Examples of trance in a Sentence
Noun
The spiritual healer fell into a trance.
He was staring out the window in a trance.
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Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025
My deep tissue massage using warm basalt stones and a local scrub made with salt from the nearby ponds left me in a dreamlike trance.
—Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Greyhounds and Basset hounds are also more predisposed to trancing.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Chamomile softens the flame, vanilla sweetens the smoke, and the result is all loving, never strange… a total trance.
—Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025
My deep tissue massage using warm basalt stones and a local scrub made with salt from the nearby ponds left me in a dreamlike trance.
—Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
Wait, the bunny Anna is holding and trancing (a type of hold on the bunny's back that puts it into a fear state) is strikingly similar to Parker.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Greyhounds and Basset hounds are also more predisposed to trancing.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Trance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trance. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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trance
noun1
: a sleeplike altered state of consciousness (as of deep hypnosis) usually characterized by partly suspended animation with diminished or absent sensory and motor activity and subsequent lack of recall
2
: a state of profound abstraction or absorption
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