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 audience was so well pleased that it would not disperse when he finished, and wished vociferously to know if there were not another spellbinder on the stage.

From The Candidate A Political Romance by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)