spellbinder
Americannoun
noun
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a person capable of holding others spellbound, esp a political speaker
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a novel, play, etc, that holds one enthralled
Etymology
Origin of spellbinder
Example Sentences
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“Kingdom of the Blind” is the 14th mystery in the Inspector Gamache series — and it’s a spellbinder.
From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2018
This performance was, more often than not, a spellbinder.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2017
But any worries that the spellbinder who created the “Leenane” trilogy and “The Pillowman” might have lost his gift for holding an audience in his demented thrall are vanquished almost as soon as “Hangmen” begins.
From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2016
In which case Hodgson will use the Mascherano bounty to mount a bid for Carlton Cole, whose similarity to a nifty Brazilian spellbinder is plain to see.
From The Guardian • Aug. 10, 2010
She was brazenly unapologetic when she said that she would rather listen to ten minutes of Sophy Kumpf's world-wisdom than to an hour's talk by the most magnetic and silken-clad spellbinder in any cause.
From Emma McChesney and Co. by Ferber, Edna
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