spellbinder
Example Sentences
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This performance was, more often than not, a spellbinder.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2017
Irina Tsikurishvili is a sinewy, sinister spellbinder as the witch.
From Washington Post • Dec. 12, 2016
But any worries that the spellbinder who created the “Leenane” trilogy and “The Pillowman” might have lost his gift for holding an audience in his demented thrall are vanquished almost as soon as “Hangmen” begins.
From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2016
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
The new spellbinder was anxious to speak whenever there was an occasion, and often when there was none at all.
From The Candidate A Political Romance by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)
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