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

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
Recent Examples on the Web That’s just a fool’s errand and a great way to ensure this season is anything but charmed. Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 1 June 2024 As far as meet-cutes go, this is quite a dumb one, but here it’s rendered delightful through Powell’s confident smile and Sweeney’s charmed bafflement. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2024 The latter point may be what passengers are most charmed by. Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Mar. 2024 The film, which is loosely based on a novel by the same name, tells the story of an upper-middle-class Israeli-Arab couple living a charmed life in a fashionable part of Tel Aviv. Jessica Stern, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2013 See all Example Sentences for charmed 

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Word History

Etymology

from past participle of charm entry 2

First Known Use

circa 1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of charmed was circa 1616

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“Charmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/charmed. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.

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