Example Sentences

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Suddenly the spell, or whatever had enchained him, was broken.

From The Everlasting Arms by Hocking, Joseph

The practical, energetic words of Elwood Brandon, whom he had imagined asleep at his side, broke the dreadful spell that had enchained Howard.

From Adrift in the Wilds or, The Adventures of Two Shipwrecked Boys by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

A few minutes more and that too was swallowed up in darkness, and the spell which had enchained the four spectators of the scene was suddenly dissolved.

From Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa by Adams, H.C.

Not yet had he divined that the deluded Honourable George might go to the unspeakable length of a matrimonial alliance with the woman who had enchained him.

From Ruggles of Red Gap by Wilson, Harry Leon

A strange, potent weaving of the spell had been on him then, and, gradual in its development, had enchained him and now held him fast.

From Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion by Mitford, Bertram