bewitch

Unlike Godard, he doesn’t try to bewitch you with theory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

While “I Put a Spell on You” is a fan-favorite, the super-creepy “Come Little Children,” sung by Parker’s Sarah to bewitch children for eating, is also a memorable performance.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2022

Self-possessed and unflappable, he radiates serenity even as he brutally trounces his competition, a kind of soothing confidence that seems to bewitch even Trebek.

From Slate ● May 29, 2019

And he took a delight in jumbling scenes and time to both bewitch and bewilder his audiences.

From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2018

“Have they found a new way to bewitch us?”

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

He has constructed a glossy fever dream that bewitches as much as it befuddles.

From Salon ● May 20, 2022

An Ozark faith healer bewitches two construction engineers.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2020

The garden — also rich in watery pools and jumbo succulents in bright pots — still bewitches with its far-from-the-dusty-medina vibe.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 1, 2019

And while his role is a smidge underwritten, Mr. Morris exudes an air of jaded yearning that naturally bewitches young Mia, with the same sad consequences as in the original.

From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2015

"Yes, Hartmut has something about him that really bewitches a body," exclaimed Frau von Eschenhagen, half vexed over her yielding.

From The Sign of Flame by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

Studebaker halted Avanti production after only a year; but the design lived on until 2006, with its rights passing through a succession of wildcat coachbuilders too bewitched to help themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2025

Yes, the bye week bewitched them in 2022 and 2023, when the offense lost its swagger and the Dodgers were beaten in two stunning division series upsets by the San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2025

"Wicked" has bewitched even its most reluctant fans, enticing them to overstay their welcome in the magical world of Oz.

From Salon ● Mar. 2, 2025

He said it was she who first bewitched him when he worked as a page in the stacks of the Johns Hopkins University library in Baltimore as an undergraduate.

From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2024

Percy, who hadn’t noticed that Fred had bewitched his prefect badge so that it now read “Pinhead,” kept asking them all what they were sniggering at.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling

The Honduran diva spins twisted pop fairy tales in her bewitching new album, ‘Vanity’

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The title track, which emphasizes the rapper’s new level of stardom, is anchored by a gleaming flip of Linda Clifford’s “Never Gonna Stop,” just four notes circling in a bewitching loop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Outflanked by cruel and fickle gods at every turn, legendary Greek hero Odysseus outsmarted a one-eyed giant, suffered through the bewitching Sirens’ song and braved the Underworld’s dead denizens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

It was expensive, but worth every penny — a beautiful, abstract rendering of the film’s themes, displayed in a bewitching graphic style I couldn’t get out of my mind after coveting the poster online.

From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2026

Losing focus made you careless in the forest, and worst of all, left you open to bewitching.

From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba