bewitching
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- bewitchingly adverb
- unbewitching adjective
- unbewitchingly adverb
Etymology
Origin of bewitching
Example Sentences
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What’s so bewitching about Mexico City, and the country at large, Iñárritu thinks, is the people’s worldview and how they confront their realities.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
Of the ones that have survived, Isidora is the most bewitching, almost perfectly preserved and flawlessly executed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
The cutesy performance shtick around a shoestring variety show — imagine Pee-wee’s Playhouse without the bewitching oddity — grows wearying.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025
The film is a bewitching spectacle, a classic holiday season event movie that brims with enough earnestness to keep even its fluffiest moments from becoming corny intellectual property slop.
From Salon • Nov. 19, 2024
The fox would stare at him, looking deep into his eyes, bewitching him until he rose to follow it to its lair.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
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