mystique
Example Sentences
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You might expect that seeing the process up close would spoil the mystique, like a magician revealing their tricks, but in the case of Adrien and Kathy, it only deepened the sense of wonder.
From Los Angeles Times
Guards are eyed differently, the warden’s mystique is diminished.
A crowd connects because they have no other choice but to connect— even now, he holds a mystique that feels older than the pyramids.
From Los Angeles Times
In the same way KFC benefited from the mystique around its “11 herbs and spices,” the unknown recipe of Cane’s Sauce is part of the hype.
"The mystique was in the lyrics. It was in the sound. It was in the way that everything was just a little darker."
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.