enchantment
Example Sentences
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They reached the boundaries of the island’s water, and the centaur stiffened, but the Ever Onward moved swiftly past, untrammeled by the island’s enchantment.
From Literature
I rediscovered both the enchantment and the danger this Christmas when I was forced to unplug my life during days of power outages in Boulder, Colo., where I had gone to stay with family.
“This is why I kept this thing in a case. I put a slew of enchantments over it, which was supposed to make the trophy case impenetrable!”
From Literature
“Amélie” has been hailed as a valentine to Paris, but what makes Jeunet’s wizardry so ill-suited to that tribute is the whole tradition of French film which located the enchantment of Paris in real settings.
From Salon
That ultraviolet haze shimmering around a blossoming jacaranda delivers a moment of transcendent enchantment.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
