beguile
verb (used with object)
to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
beguiles
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present tense formof beguile (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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We witness McFadin as he smilingly interrogates—and intimidates—witnesses and plaintiffs, beguiles juries and sweet-talks judges, knocking down charges against Kenrex as if bowling strike after strike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
It’s an idea that always beguiles but never delivers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2024
It trails across the ground, flutters in the air and beguiles you, just like this film.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2024
You need a thing that beguiles its way into people’s lives and then beguiles them into becoming programmers.
From The Verge ● Mar. 8, 2022
He beguiles our poilus, and they take little beguiling.
From Another Sheaf by John Galsworthy
