enchantment

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Recent Examples of enchantment Childhood is a time of enchantment, and a mother is a daughter’s first sorceress—omnipotent, enthralling, sometimes alarmingly so. Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025 Many modern and contemporary writers are drawn to the villanelle as a way to circle around their subject matter, exploring obsession, enchantment, brooding, or the slow work of untangling a difficult emotion. The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 19 Aug. 2025 Gladys uses this same enchantment to summon Alex's classmates to her that fateful Wednesday night to hold in the Lilly's basement. EW.com, 15 Aug. 2025 Yet for Buckbee, suffering from a broken heart and broken body, birds like the injured Two-Step fling open doors of enchantment, healing, and communion. Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for enchantment
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enchantment
Noun
  • Then came a barrage of three hurricanes — Gabrielle, Humberto and Imelda — forming in a two-week-stretch to end September, breaking an unusual quiet spell.
    Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Beckham, Joey Barton (Marseille) and Joe Cole (Lille) all had a season in France’s Ligue 1 in the 2010s, with the former ending his playing career at Paris Saint-Germain, after a six-season spell at LA Galaxy in MLS which was interspersed with two loans to Italy’s Milan.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Gilbert appealed Wilson’s ruling; however, in December 2024, a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel turned down Gilbert’s appeal, per Courthouse News Service.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 8 Oct. 2025
  • The Buccaneers, which mixes soapy costume drama with Taylor Swift songs, has been well reviewed by critics (72% Rotten Tomatoes average) and has developed a devoted following but has not broken out the way some of Apple TV+’s broad-appeal hits have.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In this Fixed sign, Mars’ sorcery is much like a surgeon or a chemist, cutting deep to unveil what’s lingering beneath the surface.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Sheibani and McCraney know that the way to bring out the sorcery of a play layered in myth and ritual is not to weigh it down.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There’s a little bit of mystery with the spirits, incantations and rituals.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2025
  • How to turn a human into a statistic, an alien, an enemy combatant–transformations worked not through incantation, but through the movement of paper in government offices.
    Celia Bell July 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • Just as demented and tense, but drunk on the confidence of youth and the arrogance to believe that talent and charm is enough.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 7 Oct. 2025
  • With its angular frame and rattan detailing, this dresser has enough midcentury-modern charm to appeal to retro design lovers.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Falcons, Texans, Jets, Seahawks Baker Mayfield was nearly flawless, completing 29 of 33 passes for 379 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions as the Bucs’ fourth-quarter magic continued.
    Chad Graff, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • That began with his mother, who introduced him to the magic of movement and music—the sounds of her favorite female singers flooding the house.
    Guillermo Perez, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • After coming back from a 3-0 deficit in the 2004 American League Championship Series, the Red Sox not only broke their World Series curse that year, but went on to defeat the Yankees in the teams' next two postseason battles in 2018 and 2021.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The Grudge Karen (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is an American nurse living in Tokyo who is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse.
    Caitlin White, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Forced by competition and driven by profit Despite the warnings, the attractiveness of higher returns remains powerful, particularly for insurers and pension managers facing long-term liabilities.
    Ganesh Rao,Karen Tso, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Nevertheless, regardless of the potential attractiveness, investing in an individual stock entails significant risk.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025

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“Enchantment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enchantment. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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