witching

present participle of witch, archaic

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Recent Examples of witching Finally, today is triple witching with equity options, futures and futures options all set to expire. Jj Kinahan, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025 And also that people have used four branches of witch hazel as the vining rods or witching sticks to find water. Steve Bender, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for witching
Recent Examples of Synonyms for witching
Verb
  • If that wasn't enchanting enough, they were then joined by their original Broadway counterparts, Kristin Chenoweth (Glinda) and Idina Menzel (Elphaba).
    Jillian Sederholm, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Even the most incredulous of us listened to him describe the visions of fleeting stars that were enchanting enough to swoon the most beautiful people on this poor Earth.
    Big Think, Big Think, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • There’s even a growing market for clunky-but-charming mini cathode-ray-style TVs — and boomboxes with streaming capability.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Slowly, the feline warmed up to visitors, charming them with his gentle personality.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Grace’s playfully feral wantonness is funny and bewitching, but her schtick loses its luster for Jackson, who takes a job that keeps him away from home, leaving her with the baby.
    Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The vampy glam—propeled by a makeup bag full of Dior Beauty—was in a bewitching rhythm with her sculptural black Dior gown and a black and silver buckle choker.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • But if the hotel has made the town enticing to a new kind of visitor—say, one who appreciates the convenience of its helipad—the property has none of the hermetic insularity of a traditional resort.
    David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Some researchers think that since the last Ice Age Indigenous tribes burned swaths of woodlands to create an environment enticing to game animals.
    Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 29 Oct. 2025

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“Witching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/witching. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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