How to Use break the spell in a Sentence

break the spell

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  • Just don’t leave the news on afterward to break the spell.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Dec. 2022
  • These things break the spell of the serious news for a minute, it’s pushed to the back of the hob to simmer.
    — Raven Smith, Vogue, 9 July 2020
  • No one who might be able to break the spell of Trump seems willing to rip off the Band-Aid.
    — Alex Pareene, The New Republic, 13 Nov. 2020
  • The only way to break the spell of nothing was to ignite the something.
    — Jim Ryan, Forbes, 18 June 2021
  • This film is a dream of New York, so beautiful that even tragedy can’t break the spell.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2021
  • At 5Rhythms there seemed to be a taboo against looking, as if locking eyes could break the spell of freedom.
    — New York Times, 15 Sep. 2021
  • The Yankees have three times the payroll of the Rays, but cannot break the spell of their anonymous pitching wizards.
    — New York Times, 18 Apr. 2021
  • The hypnotist will only break the spell after the screening.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2022
  • Only the people you are forbidden from touching can break the spell.
    — Jason Brown, The New Yorker, 2 May 2021
  • Just when the Bay Area was enjoying a sunny weekend respite, news of more soggy days to come arrived to break the spell.
    — Vanessa Arredondo, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Jan. 2021
  • Nobody dared to speak, as if one whisper could break the spell and conceal the secret forever.
    — Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2022
  • The truth is that change will always be uncomfortable, and Segovia suggests honest self-reflection to break the spell.
    — Bruce Tulgan, Forbes, 6 May 2022
  • Once caught up in the actor’s mesmerizing voice, no single horror story will break the spell.
    — Marilyn Stasio, Variety, 27 Oct. 2022
  • There is some chemistry between the leads, although every time the relationship seems to be heating up something absurd happens to break the spell.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 10 June 2022

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