charm
noun
a power of pleasing or attracting, as through personality or beauty: the charm of a mountain lake.
were charming
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past progressiveof charm.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The projections of period décor were charming, as was the slightly antiquated rhymed English text of the titles, but the undirected singers missed the energy of a fully realized performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
They were charming, did not say or do anything outlandish and — without giving too much away — each had good and bad spins, as well as good and bad guesses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2024
And within days they were charming the world in their first appearance before the media, smiling, joking, knocking footballs around.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2023
While everyone thought Pamela’s drawings in the magazine were charming, no one thought she was yet capable of illustrating a book.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2022
Different from my pitiful voice messages, these were charming, darling notes from a person without headaches.
From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart
