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bewitching

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verb

present participle of bewitch

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Recent Examples of bewitching
Adjective
Undergoing treatment for drug addiction at the time, Winehouse delivered a bewitching performance via satellite from a London soundstage, which was made to look like a posh jazz nightclub. Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2025 Lopez’s Spider Woman gets a bad pixie wig and even more garish goth costuming appropriate for a bewitching, bitchy succubus. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
Verb
Robert Eggers’s gothic remake is coming to the streamer after a bewitching theatrical run. Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 22 Feb. 2025 That bewitching face stopped Bob Dylan and Mick Jagger in their tracks. Sam Kashner, airmail.news, 8 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bewitching
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bewitching
Adjective
  • So instead of railing against technology, they’re focused on making the physical world as accessible and appealing as possible.
    Charlotte Alter, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Here are the 12 features homebuyers are searching for, and what rooms are most appealing to potentially sell your home fast and boost your property value.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Routh has a criminal record, including a 2002 conviction in North Carolina for possessing an explosive device.
    Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The plot revolves around Raven’s father, the demon known as Trigon, and his efforts to take over Earth and reclaim his daughter by possessing the members of the League.
    Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • My brother was a poet, classics scholar, and charismatic leader of nerds who blossomed into a handsome surfer and then nosedived into schizophrenia and a life of unfiltered Camel cigarettes, caffeine, and antipsychotics.
    Kim Gordon, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Isaac’s charismatic presence holds the tentacles of Nick’s story together.
    Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This is especially true with love planet Venus charming your sixth house of daily routines, work environments and day-to-day affairs.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • As noticed by Variety, the film was warmly received at the festival, charming the critics with its tale of two people who meet by the sea.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Then the picture begins to blur before coming back into clear focus to reveal Novak, still enchanting at 92, standing in a room filled with her paintings.
    Jeremy Helligar, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • They can be used in place of dill leaves or in combination with them for an attractive presentation.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
  • One of the very attractive features of the amplituhedron, one that was noticed right away by Arkani-Hamed and Trnka, was that these two features, unitarity and locality, are necessary (but not fundamental) consequences that can be derived by using the amplituhedron framework.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But after Davina publicly accuses Julia mid-labor of seducing Lord Lovat, the group of women suddenly turn on Julia, yelling at her to repent her sins and repeatedly questioning her about the paternity of her child.
    Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The drama follows Veneno (played by non-pro Víctor Miguel), a headstrong young drifter who survives by seducing truck drivers at 24-hour roadside diners called cachimbas.
    Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • There are tons of enticing cold and hot drinks.
    Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The company, which started in 1947 in Conecuh County, Alabama, has a potent combination of enticing hickory smoke and a patented blend of seasonings that set their products apart from the usual offerings in the grocery-store meat case.
    Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025

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“Bewitching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bewitching. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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