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charmed

adjective
\ ˈchärmd How to pronounce charmed (audio) \

Definition of charmed

1 : extremely lucky or prosperous living a charmed life
2 : of, relating to, or being a charm quark

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Examples of charmed in a Sentence

She has always lived a charmed life. you must be living a charmed life if you haven't caught the flu that's going around

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The charmed cycle has worked so well that run-down Detroit once considered creating a gayborhood from scratch. Los Angeles Times, "LGBTQ-centric neighborhoods offer home price premiums, studies suggest," 26 July 2019 Listen, letting go of the last year’s charmed season hasn’t been easy, least of all for the team itself, which limped into 2019 with an obvious championship hangover. Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, "It sure feels like the energy is back in this Red Sox season," 29 July 2019 For the last 25 years, the one-time music festival—which has now turned into a one-stop shop for beauty, fashion, wellness and food—has brought the best in Black culture to the charmed city. Danielle Young, Essence, "What Happened At Essence Festival Day One," 7 July 2019 Until now, Buttigieg had enjoyed a charmed and improbable role in the presidential primary as the mayor of a Rust Belt city whose population barely tops 100,000, a 37-year-old in a field dominated by two 70-somethings. Matt Pearce, Anchorage Daily News, "Black residents of South Bend unload on Mayor Pete Buttigieg," 23 June 2019 Around a year ago, Oatly charmed baristas in self-aware coffee shops across the country. Michelle Santiago Cortés, refinery29.com, "Oatly’s Oat Milk Ice Cream Is Here & It’s Seriously Delicious," 15 June 2019 Stillman’s cinematic innovation has been to bathe cinema in a literary tone, a charmed artificiality. Adam Thirlwell, The New York Review of Books, "Adam Thirlwell," 25 Oct. 2018 Sullivan seems more charmed than bothered by the trade-offs. Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com, "Electric trucks deliver savings, silence in growing fleet sales," 24 Aug. 2017 Queen Elizabeth and her royal relatives live a charmed life filled with palaces, parades, and tiaras. Maggie Maloney, Town & Country, "Prince William Reportedly Works Out with Moms from Prince George's School," 16 Apr. 2019

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First Known Use of charmed

1605, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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charmed

adjective

English Language Learners Definition of charmed

: very lucky : having good luck

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