Sentence examples for lost its spell from inspiring English sources

The creaky door had lost its spell.

In recent years when two of his 1980s works were revived, "Fabrications" (1987) looked even fresher than it had in its original production, but "Pictures" (1984), which when new seemed like Prospero's Isle and proved the most popular success his company had ever enjoyed, had inexplicably lost its spell.

The boys in the band remain charmingly benighted, but the magic becomes tortured; once we see it, it loses its spell.

Losing its "AAA" rating would spell disaster for the firm, and shares plunged a stunning 47.6%, losing $6.17, to $6.80.

Losing its "AAA" rating would likely spell disaster for Ambac, and the firm saw shares plummet 57.5% early Thursday, falling $7.46, to $5.51.

If Mr Kirchner loses, it may spell the beginning of the end for Kirchnerism.

But if he loses, it could spell big trouble for a man already in hot water in his home state of New York.

Today, there is no diminution of the enthusiasm; if anything, it is growing, and sane critics are continuing to lose it under Struth's mesmerizing spell.

"AKP is lost in the spell of their own power," said Mithat Sancar, a law professor in Ankara, Turkey's capital.

The Misplaced Assumption That hockey’s lost season would spell the demise of the National Hockey League.

That's not to say that he didn't appreciate nonsense, or wasn't up to the minute: in a drawing from 1995, a little girl comes home and reports to her parents, "I lost the spelling bee on the word 'gangsta.' " But a Handelsman caption was more likely to refer to Schopenhauer, Zeus, Romulus, Rousseau, Epithemius, Dickens, or the Constitution.