beguile
verb (used with object)
to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
beguiled
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past participleof beguile.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof beguile.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
beguileverb (used with object)to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
Example Sentences
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That build-out attempts to solve a chicken-and-egg problem that has beguiled EVs since their earliest days: without adequate charging infrastructure, people won’t buy the cars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
I left the theater mildly beguiled, smiling as I entered my car and shrugging as soon as I hit the road.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2025
When people suggest that California is not really America, we might wonder whether they have been beguiled by some mythic vision of America.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2024
Their 8-year-old daughter, Princess Charlotte, beguiled onlookers in an ivory silk crepe dress by the designer Alexander McQueen — a miniature version of the dress worn by her mother.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2023
What was it about the tattoos that so beguiled her?
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
