Example Sentences

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That is a broad-brush judgment, and unfair to many Russians, including the artists and creators who have beguiled audiences across the globe.

From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2022

The books have beguiled and confounded nearly every critic, editor and novelist who has read them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2015

“Oh, I see. I’m the wicked Grisha seductress. I have beguiled you with my Grisha wiles!”

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

With plenty of altar candles the sight of these gardens of the blest must have beguiled many a mass.

From A Wanderer in Florence by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)

Thanks, Ino dear, you have beguiled an hour With poesy that might make pause to list The nightingale in her sweet evening song.

From Proserpine and Midas by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft