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How to use charming in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective, noun, interjection

Charming means pleasant, charismatic. Example: “He really poured on the molasses, charming his audience and changing more than a few votes.”

More sentences with charming

  • He really poured on the molasses, charming his audience and changing more than a few votes.From the entry molasses
  • His kooky behavior seemed charming at first, but soon got on our nerves.From the entry kooky
  • The countryside was filled with charming, bucolic scenery, complete with rolling hills, fields of wildflowers, and quaint farmhouses.From the entry bucolic
  • Rich knew how to warm up the audience of The Price is Right. His good looks and charming personality made even that special.From the entry warm up
  • You're as charming as ever, sweetheart.From the entry as ever
  • It has the friendliness of scouse, but is much softer and more charming.2020 November 20, Hannah Jane Parkinson, “From melodic scouse to Adele's cockney – I love the UK's regional accents”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry scouse
  • The candelabra-tree, with its silver-tinted foliage, is one of the beauties of this charming Brazilian garden.2020, Maturin M. Ballou, Equatorial America, page 100. From the entry candelabra tree
  • Both artists were charming, shameless and cruel, and revelled in what Bacon called an “atmosphere of threat”.2017 October, “A portrait of the artists as a pair of young wastrels”, in Standpoint Magazine, archived from the original on 28 Sep 2017. From the entry priapic
  • Each recipe comes with a charming story from Barber’s extensive explorations in pierogi flavors.2016 December, “PAJ Bookstore Kitchen”, in Polish American Journal, volume 105, number 12, section “Cookbooks”, book “Pierogi Love”, page…. From the entry pierog
  • Then there was a charming American couple, to whom the Edwardianism of Rowanbank especially appealed.2015, Katharine Moore, Moving House. From the entry Edwardianism
  • The band's songs, which can be deliciously unserious, are as memorable as they are charming.2009 January 9, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Sep 2018. From the entry deliciously
  • That's the charming nom de Web of Mercantile Library executive director Albert Pyle (our own Dr.2009 December, Cincinnati Magazine, page 93. From the entry nom de web
  • Charming and funny as he was in small groups, he was no glad-hander, backslapper, or baby-kisser.2008, Andrew Cohen, Saul John Ralston, Extraordinary Canadians Lester B Pearson, →ISBN. From the entry backslapper
  • If there be one name more charming, more precious than another, it is this name.2008, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Devotional Classics of C. H. Spurgeon, →ISBN, page 8. From the entry sum total
  • But I found the mistake charming in a boaty kind of way.2006, Lucy Jane Bledsoe, The Ice Cave. From the entry boaty
  • The Carreyesque magnitude of bellowing and pratfall can't swamp the charming warmth of this gay Gallic delight.2003, Film Review: Special, numbers 43-48, page 31. From the entry Carreyesque
  • “Ah, the charming Miss Cassiopeia Montgomery.” Monsieur Solage bowed over her hand with perfect aplomb.2001, Catherine Blair [pseudonym; K. Noelle Gracy], Athen’s Conquest (A Zebra Regency Romance), New York, N.Y.: Zebra Books, →ISBN, page 42. From the entry cass
  • She feels she should fit right in, charming the populace on the wheels of steel.2000, Darren O'Donnell, Your Secrets Sleep With Me, page 58. From the entry wheels of steel
  • Perfectly charming and at ease on stage, he's equally rambling and yakky in an interview.1999, Deb Schwarz, the Rufus on Fire, Out - January 1999 issue page 66. From the entry yakky
  • And I really have nothing against them individually; one by one they can be quite charming.1997, George Carlin, “Well, Ya Gotta Live Someplace”, in Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 17. From the entry southerner
  • The off-handed elegance and freedom of Dino Borgioli’s Duke make him seem utterly charming and irresistible.1990: Joel Flegler, Fanfare, volume 13, issues 5–6, page 368 (sub nomine sui). From the entry unlachrymose
  • He found Moscow grey and depressing, but old Leningrad still charming, despite its disrepair.1985, The American Bulletin, numbers 333–361, Cicero, Ill.: Czechoslovak National Council of America, →ISSN, →OCLC. From the entry refusnik
  • He was gregarious, outwardly charming, and presented himself as an affable jokester.1981 April, Matt Braun, chapter 4, in Tombstone (Luke Starbuck; 3), New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 41. From the entry smoothtalker
  • Lucy is more lovable than Lucilla, don't you think?" "Lucilla is a charming name," said Richard.1966, L. P. Hartley, The Betrayal, H. Hamilton, page 54. From the entry Lucilla
  • She was wearing a rose-beige lace suit and a charming little bonnetlike hat.1961, Ilka Chase, The Carthaginian rose. From the entry bonnetlike
  • Pithion is a charming and sleepy little oasis in the middle of nowhere.1951 December, “Notes and News: Travel Through the Balkans”, in Railway Magazine, page 854. From the entry leave alone
  • But in spite of the affection she felt for her charming mother-in-law, Arnon had extended no confidences.1948, Lloyd C. Douglas, chapter 2, in The Big Fisherman, Toronto: Thomas Allen, page 30. From the entry guard one's tongue
  • I remember how charming were the partly colored lines which encircled them.1932 March, Dan Beard, “New-Fashioned Kites and Old-Fashioned Marbles”, in Boys' Life, page 27. From the entry china
  • There was a pause, and the charming unbeliever looked up into his eyes.1930 September 15, “Heard and Seen”, in Goulburn Evening Penny Post, page 2. From the entry in the nuddy
  • Charming, he said in a finical sweet voice, showing his white teeth and blinking his eyes pleasantly.1922, James Joyce, Ulysses. From the entry finical
  • He had a skin like white satin and a silvery down on his charming little head.1917, George W. Gough, chapter 19, in The Yeoman Adventurer. From the entry ikkle
  • “You can't expect charming tones, and Oriental do-dads and apple trees in a German boarding-house.”1911, Edna Ferber, chapter 6, in Dawn O'Hara, the Girl who Laughed. From the entry carping
  • He noticed that Elaine appeared charming in her neat little, flouncy printer's apron.1911 September 23, Joseph Swerling, “One Way of Collecting a Bad Printing Account”, in Printing Trade News: The Business Publication of…. From the entry flouncy
  • The charming twins came last week, and you should see their clothes. ‘Spiffy’ is the word.1906 August 26, “Newport News in London”, in The New York Times, page 9. From the entry spiffy
  • But he always came back in good spirits, talkable and charming.1902, Henry Van Dyke, The Blue Flower. From the entry talkable
  • Bean flagship store in Freeport to the charming towns of Bath, Rockland and Camden further up Route 1.2024 June 24, Brandon Griggs, “This coastal culinary hub offers a ‘big-city feel in a small-city package’”, in CNN, archived from the…. From the entry Camden
  • From charming to disturbing, these jailbreaks reveal the chatbot is programmed to be more of a people-pleaser than a rule-follower.2023 February 14, Will Oremus, “Meet ChatGPT's evil twin, DAN”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company…. From the entry jailbreak
  • He’s suave, charming and wants to date you.2021 December 8, Josie Copson, “The rise of salt daddy dating: meet the fake sugar daddies intent on scamming women”, in Cosmopolitan. From the entry date up
  • Warrick is good at getting cursed and charming the ladies.2018 July 31, Mandy M. Roth, Don’t Stop Bewitching: A Happily Everlasting Series World Novel: (Bewitchingly Ever After Series Book 3)…. From the entry cursable
  • But here she was, still beautiful and charming.2016, Debby Holt, The Soulmate, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN. From the entry trepidate

Meaning of charming

  1. adjective Pleasant, charismatic.
  2. adjective Delightful in a playful way which avoids responsibility or seriousness, as if attracting through a magical charm.
  3. noun The casting of a magical charm.

Full definition of charming

Questions about charming in a sentence

How do you use charming in a sentence?
Charming is used as an adjective, noun and interjection. For example: “He really poured on the molasses, charming his audience and changing more than a few votes.”
What is a short sentence with charming?
“You're as charming as ever, sweetheart.”
What does charming mean?
Charming means pleasant, charismatic.

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