bewitching
Americanadjective
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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
Advance single “Let Me Grow and You’ll See the Fruit” is bewitching and emotionally resonant, like someone whispering a story into your ear over a beautifully jangly guitar line.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025
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
He said people were "very rarely" prosecuted for practising witchcraft, but it helped protect elderly women who faced mob justice in villages after being accused of bewitching someone and causing their death.
From BBC • Sep. 15, 2025
Maps had always interested her; there was something bewitching in knowing one’s precise location in relation to others on the earth.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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