11.   The eruptions are dramatic, but the geyser is hardly inactive between them, with small white and gray plumes that can have a hypnotic effect on the viewer.

12.   The people on the streets had at least torn themselves away from the hypnotic effect that the slot machines held over many.

13.   Then came the realization that his manner produced an almost hypnotic effect.

14.   Those unfamiliar should know that Lanois is Mr. Atmospheric, beloved of ambient washes of sound that have an almost mystically hypnotic effect.

15.   Woe to the corps member who spoils the hypnotic effect by wobbling.

16.   The bridge is being curved to minimize the potentially hypnotic effect of a long straightaway.

17.   The repetitious calling upon God by these young Taliban had something of an hypnotic effect on their morale, boosting it to strengthen their resolve for the coming battle.