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Example sentences for: spell

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The proximity of New World '60s hedonism puts a sort of lunar spell on Pearl (Diane Lane), a 31-year-old mother of two whose own "summer of love" was cruelly brief.
Refusing to "spell out" demands or to "rule anything out" is a classic negotiating posture--which Lockhart effectively obscured by repeating the word "harder" five times during the exchange.
Of course, there are aspects of Sweet and Lowdown that don't seem so fresh when you're out from under its spell.
It's all there--his terrible work ethic, his drug use, his obsession with the mob of the distant past, the mafia of his fantasies (of course he's writing a screenplay, and of course he can't spell).
Contrary to expectation, the film ends up celebrating his marriage; it's a "no-fuss movie that casts a rich, tranquil spell" (Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly ). High marks go to Emily Watson in the role of the staid but smart wife who manages to make humdrum domesticity appealing.