spellbinder
Example Sentences
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The audience laughed and laughed, not least because the Judge, an old-fashioned spellbinder, paused or gestured at well-chosen instants.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2021
“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
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
Accepting the challenge, the professional spellbinder allowed his place on the stump of the cottonwood to be held by the raw Demosthenes.
From The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form by Henry Llewellyn Williams