How to Use enchantment in a Sentence

enchantment

noun
  • He writes about the dangers as well as the enchantments of sailing.
  • Our enchantment faded when we found that the house needed even more repairs.
  • Besides, three and a half hours of enchantment is still a hell of a ride.
    — New York Times, 7 Dec. 2021
  • There’s no enchantment in that.
    — Abby McCloskey, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The rawness and the freedom were and are the enchantment of this place.
    — Kyle A. Valenta, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Rosso’s work takes us on a journey by casting a spell of enchantment.
    — Air Mail, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Slabs of synth and driving, steady beats cast a movie-trailer glow of enchantment.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Trying to lift people to a place of enchantment.
    — Jeff Metcalfe, AZCentral.com, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Eighty years ago, the enchantment ended.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Of course, a baby feels it when her arrival is greeted with cries of enchantment!
    — Ellen Pall, The New York Review of Books, 25 Aug. 2020
  • Her book about the iconic horse race blends humor with a sense of enchantment and wildness.
    — Jen Rose Smith, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Oct. 2019
  • But there’s just as much enchantment in what for most people would be a dreary setting.
    — Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2022
  • These water signs must remember to use their enchantments for good, and not for evil.
    — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 29 Sep. 2017
  • An enchantment to keep all but the witches from entering the chateau grounds?
    — Charles Manning, Cosmopolitan, 31 Oct. 2016
  • There’s an enchantment to it from the shimmer, to the spring greens, rose gold pinks, blues, silver, and black.
    — Allyson Portee, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Distance is well-known to lend enchantment, even to the less attractive views.
    — Adrienne Gaffney, ELLE, 12 Nov. 2022
  • There, under the stars and moon, we were fed a meal cooked with an equal measure of enchantment and restraint.
    — Adriana Velez, Bon Appetit, 10 July 2017
  • The enchantment around the model appears to be wearing off, though.
    — Jeffrey R. Young, Slate Magazine, 3 Aug. 2017
  • Casting the spell of spooky enchantment can be just as fun as falling under it yourself.
    — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2022
  • There was a sense of enchantment in the chant this time that, while helped by the setting, wasn’t because of the setting.
    — Mark Swed, latimes.com, 16 May 2017
  • Two Hocus Pocus fans are about to enter a land of enchantment.
    — Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 28 Sep. 2022
  • The house raises the lights, causing everyone to squint and the enchantment to break.
    — Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025
  • But McDormand says there was some kind of enchantment at work.
    — Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2021
  • The names promise enchantment, and the kids make a playground of their dead-end surroundings.
    — Chris Vognar, Detroit Free Press, 18 Oct. 2017
  • The littler the children are, the more enormous the stage seems, lending the tale enchantment.
    — Gia Kourlas Erik Tanner, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2022
  • Odette and Siegfried then drown themselves, breaking the enchantment and freeing their love for the next life.
    — Sean Erwin, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Seeing the two women’s bodies, Sam felt a form of enchantment.
    — Michele Filgate, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2021
  • Disney Cruise Line's first new ship in 10 years was built with enchantment in mind.
    — Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 11 July 2022
  • Sip this citrusy creation and let the ground cardamom and cinnamon add just the right touch of enchantment.
    — Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Add extra enchantment to your garden by placing a concrete fireplace along the fence with stone pavers.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 7 Apr. 2026

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