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Recent Examples of enchantment But gratification can be pointed toward the world—the sensory enchantment of everyday life. Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 18 June 2026 But first, enjoy Rock City’s enchantment. Judith Garrison, AJC.com, 16 June 2026 Bibliophiles can stroll through exhibits showcasing library lore that highlights the enduring enchantment of books, along with the Book Fair offering various genres of books for sale, such as mystery, sci-fi, and romance. Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2026 Nevertheless, as befits a film partly backed by Wim Wenders’ Road Movies, this deploys an eclectic soundtrack and lashings of backlighting and magic hour cinematography to help capture the uncanny feeling of being a European stranger in a strange land of enchantment out west. Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 25 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for enchantment
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Noun
  • This initiative aims to elevate horse racing's appeal to everyday sports fans by fostering rivalries and familiarity among top horses.
    Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • As the one-time mini-mogul stews in the clink, an appeal is fast-tracking its way through the courts.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Hong returned as national team coach in 2024 after a previous spell in charge from 2013 to 2014.
    Reuters, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Recent research has highlighted the role of supply shocks in recessions over a long spell of history.
    Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • These are some of man's most sorcery-like achievements, providing materials with excellent engineering properties.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 July 2026
  • Come to Eternia, the mythical home of flying dragon-like creatures, and swords, and sorcery, and spaceships — really, all the stuff a 12-year-old science fiction fanatic loves.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • Venus enters Libra and your 1st House of Self, refreshing your confidence, charm, style, and personal magnetism.
    Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Located in Lymington, The Cot is a small and cozy cottage with old-world charm.
    Katie Silcox, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Clementine, the oldest daughter, takes control to help break out the other children, and Mary, in telling her story publicly, has agency in rectifying the familial curse.
    Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
  • What did Widow’s Bay creator and showrunner Katie Dippold see in Matthew Rhys as Tom Loftis, mayor of the New England island town plagued by a historic curse?
    Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • That was the ambition; to afford a ticket and to feel the magic for ourselves.
    Lee Clayton, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • After setting her wildly popular debut The Tiger's Wife in a Balkans suffused with myth and magic, the author turned in subsequent books to the Old West and a city redolent of New York.
    Colin Dwyer, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The judging criteria balanced overall attractiveness and legibility for law enforcement.
    Jim Turner, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
  • The list compiled 300 cities of varying sizes across 22 factors of market attractiveness, affordability and quality of life.
    Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026
Noun
  • As passengers chanted the incantation together, white light flashed through the carriage, and music swelled from the speakers.
    Emily Tarinelli, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
  • On the title track, a spare arrangement slowly unfurls around James’ voice, its shifting texture and gauzy atmosphere giving his existential musings the quality of a private incantation.
    Sophie Miller, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2026

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“Enchantment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enchantment. Accessed 12 Aug. 2026.

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