charm
noun
a power of pleasing or attracting, as through personality or beauty: the charm of a mountain lake.
have been charming
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present perfect progressiveof charm.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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From Thelma and Louise in the movies to the Absolutely Fabulous Patsy and Eddie, female friendships have been charming audiences for decades.
From BBC ● May 13, 2023
This movie gives the Genie a romantic subplot with Dalia that could have been charming — Smith is nothing if not a likable romantic lead — but is barely allowed any screen time to develop.
From Salon ● May 24, 2019
Gramatik makes inoffensive instrumental hip-hop that would have been charming in the mid-1990s, and now sounds pleasantly antiquated.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2016
Nemtsov was known to have been charming to women, but he never charmed me.
From Slate ● Feb. 28, 2015
Mushie may have been charming, but I found myself most often searching out the company of old Ikwa.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
