Example Sentences

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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

Even her Halloween Jack-o'-lanterns were charming and unique.

From Salon • Oct. 22, 2022

The shorts were charming, if also as appreciably modest and small-scaled as Marcel himself.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2022

The children were charming and well mannered; whatever minor quirks lingered from their unusual upbringing, the howling and drooling and so forth—these would soon fade.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood