- present participle of charm.
charming
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Crucially, city staffers preserved those charming and entirely unnecessary turrets, which deserve their own sonnet, if you ask me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Steffi Cao argues that we should be wary of the algorithm that incentivizes mindless scrolling, but there is nonetheless something charming about the wacky human storytelling that drives these videos.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026
Boricua culture, old and new, is celebrated in a charming image of a langosta vendor atop a horse and a portrait of Bad Bunny proudly performing in front of a flapping Puerto Rican flag.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Some found it charming, some unbearable, but in the end everyone shrugged: Well, he’s the boss.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
“But he got angry at me. It was really rather charming of him. ‘
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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