beguiling
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As we follow him, what seemed like a close look at a regional folk dance soon reveals itself as a magical realist journey that’s both beguiling and amusing.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
“They’re beguiling, social and bold,” she says of the animals.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
The limpid four-movement ballet is both courtly and casual, with its intricately evolving choreographic patterns gently beguiling, as if seen in a crystalline hall of mirrors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
Jareth is an illusionist as beguiling and seductive as he is sinister, caressing bubbles and gravity-defiant glass spheres with liquid grace.
From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026
His free lunch was no better than theirs and there was no beguiling entertainment other than that spontaneously contributed by his customers.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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