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Vigorous, playful and charmingly generous, he became fast friends with most of the talented artists around him, such as Martin Johnson Heade and Jervis McEntee.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

The movie doesn’t quite know how to handle Mabel: She’s meant to be charmingly determined but comes across as more of a scold and a busybody.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Ranging sonically from glam punk to synth pop and post-disco melodies, “Bite Me” is a vocally rich and charmingly diaristic record that hits like a wine-drunk dream.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

Ragoravich is predictably oleaginous, a man with a file cabinet full of hidden agendas, but he is charmingly persuasive, and the money has already been wired into Maggie’s account.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2025

"Oh, how charmingly you get angry," he said.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway