How to Use enchantress in a Sentence
enchantress
noun
- Scarlett O'Hara is one of literature's most celebrated enchantresses.
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It was deemed a line straight to God — staggering, the voice of an enchantress, a sibyl, a siren.
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Washington Post,
12 May 2021
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The story tells of Belle and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped under the spell of an enchantress.
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Jennifer Boehm,
sun-sentinel.com,
3 Dec. 2019
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And finally, the enchantress gets way more screen time.
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Mehera Bonner,
Marie Claire,
3 Mar. 2017
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And finally, the enchantress gets way more screen time.
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Mehera Bonner,
Marie Claire,
3 Mar. 2017
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The classic story retells the tale of Belle and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped under the spell of an enchantress.
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Lisa Herendeen,
The Mercury News,
22 July 2019
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Bonus: Will Cate Blanchett make a cameo as the scary witch, who's actually an enchantress?
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Peggy Truong,
Seventeen,
22 Feb. 2017
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The moon—with its unending cycles that ebb from dark to light—is a longtime enchantress.
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Christina Pérez,
Vogue,
23 June 2017
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The Catalan poet Joan Maragall called it la gran encisera, the great enchantress.
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New York Times,
16 Jan. 2018
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However, her version of the young enchantress won't be campy and lighthearted like Melissa Joan Hart's early 2000s sitcom.
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Erica Gonzales,
Harper's BAZAAR,
5 Jan. 2018
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In 2019, Johnson made history as the first actor of color to take the Broadway stage as the bubbly, blond enchantress while understudying the coveted part.
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Los Angeles Times,
7 Dec. 2021
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In Disney’s version, an enchantress’ spell turns the vain, cruel Prince Adam into a frightening man-beast and his staff into household objects.
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Christine Dolen,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Aug. 2022
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When accused, the enchanter or enchantress will likely attempt to label you a hypocrite for supporting vaccine mandates.
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Rex Huppke,
chicagotribune.com,
2 Sep. 2021
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Besides eternal damnation, the enchantress gave the Beast a magic traveling book—and a completely unnecessary plot point.
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Julie Kosin,
Harper's BAZAAR,
17 Mar. 2017
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Pink has made Belle a bookworm whose intelligence and imagination give her the strength to cope with Beast — a prince turned monstrous by an enchantress' spell as punishment for his coldheartedness.
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Jim Higgins,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
9 Apr. 2018
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Learn the proper swimming techniques of an underwater enchantress.
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Shelbie Lynn Bostedt,
RedEye Chicago,
30 May 2017
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For the more refined enchantresses among us (here's to you, Anjelica Huston), look no further than a pore-refining charcoal mask and a vampy Charlotte Tilbury palette to strike a beguiling note.
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Jenna Rennert,
Vogue,
14 Oct. 2018
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As the women circle each other, Highsmith plumbs a range of female relationships—mother and daughter, mentor and protégée, furtive lovers, enchantress and the enchanted.
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Megan Abbott,
WSJ,
9 Aug. 2018
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Taylor-Joy reunites with her Witch director as a different kind of enchantress, Olga, a character Eggers prefers to keep somewhat a mystery.
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Nick Romano,
EW.com,
20 Dec. 2021
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Our heroine crosses paths with all manner of enchantresses and sorceresses.
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David Sturm,
Columbia Flier,
15 Sep. 2017
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She's generally depicted as a mysterious and often unnamed enchantress who lives beneath a lake and is probably best known for bestowing Excalibur on King Arthur.
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Emma Dibdin,
Harper's BAZAAR,
17 July 2020
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Players will start out controlling a centaur with a whip as their dungeon manager, but eventually a dryad enchantress and monkey engineer can also be unlocked, with each master necessitating various styles of gameplay.
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Jason Bennett,
Arkansas Online,
24 May 2021
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