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A kind of enchantment took possession of my mind and senses too on Friday evening, from eight till twelve o'clock.

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 Meanings and Examples of ENCHANT
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enchant
 v.  charm by sorcery; get control of by magical words and rites
Classic Sentence: (75 in 6 pages)
1  First you will come to the Sirens who enchant all who come near them.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XII
2  He said it was all done by enchantment.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III.
3  Yet it was like a piece of enchantment.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SHADOW
4  Franz now looked upon another scene of enchantment; the table was splendidly covered, and once convinced of this important point he cast his eyes around him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.
5  Suddenly the bell that gives the signal for the end of the carnival sounded, and at the same instant all the moccoletti were extinguished as if by enchantment.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 36. The Carnival at Rome.
6  The countryside lay as under some dread enchantment.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
7  They'll wonder all their lives where the lost enchantment has vanished.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
8  But starting from his enchantment, Gardiner silently hurried to the side; more fell than stepped into his boat, and returned to his ship.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 128. The Pequod Meets The Rachel.
9  Marius' enchantment, great as it was, could not efface from his mind other pre-occupations.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VIII—TWO MEN IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND
10  It was the same enchantment in two souls, tinged with voluptuousness in Marius, and with modesty in Cosette.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—JEAN VALJEAN STILL WEARS HIS ARM IN A SLING
11  He had again missed his man, who had disappeared as if by enchantment.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 9 D'ARTAGNAN SHOWS HIMSELF
12  He composed heroic songs and began to write many a tale of enchantment and knightly adventure.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
13  But, in the funereal room, with that figure of the grave fallen back in the chair fixing its eyes upon her, Estella looked more bright and beautiful than before, and I was under stronger enchantment.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXIX
14  The enchantment of the dance surprised her.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: 3 She Goes Out to Battle against Depression
15  The syllables of the word Araby were called to me through the silence in which my soul luxuriated and cast an Eastern enchantment over me.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In ARABY
Example Sentence:
1  She used to enchant with the flowers you sent her.
2  A kind of enchantment took possession of my mind and senses too on Friday evening, from eight till twelve o'clock.
3  Distance lends enchantment to the view.
4  The audience was clearly enchanted by her performance.
5  Put your head on my chest, listen to this enchanted.
6  How fairy-like does everything appear to her enchanted vision! Each new scene is more charming than the last.
7  That icon is rather enchanting, although I'm sure that's not much of a comfort.
8  The enchanting scenery of the West Lake unfolds before our eyes.