mystique
Example Sentences
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Melania’s defining characteristic is absence — and it’s done nothing to cultivate a sense of mystique for the first lady.
From Salon
As with Odd Future, the New York collective used the multimedia richness and easily shareable content of Tumblr to build both a defining aesthetic and an air of mystique for its projects.
The mystique of the All Blacks has also been dented by the need to leverage it for revenue.
From BBC
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.
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