- present participle of bewitch.
bewitching
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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
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
The tableaux are as efficient as they are bewitching.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2025
It would be a small, bewitching rectangle on the wall, drawing an occasional glance, not crowds.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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