Sentence examples for there were charming from inspiring English sources

The orchestra did not sound thoroughly prepared, but there were charming moments.

But while there were charming individual moments, by both Ms. Skandan and Mr. Balaskandan's musicians, the sluggish pacing drained the life from the show.

On one hand, there were charming installations like the one by Canadian photographer and visual artist Petra Collins: a pink bathroom complete with a tub that unlodged nostalgic memories of girlish coming-of-age.

There are charming moments.

Years pass, and then there are charming surprises, the kind that mature artists particularly appreciate.

In it, there are charming little wooden trains, which make you think of The Railway Children, or perhaps Agatha Christie.

There are charming images – Bill Brandt's bemused shot of milk bottles on a doorstep – although they are as much about the artist's expectations as about Britain.

There are charming Jewish wedding rings topped with the bezeled form of the destroyed Temple of Jerusalem and inscribed with the phrase mazel tov.

There are charming towns and villages in and around the AONB: the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre is a good place to start.

Everywhere a visitor looks, there are charming sculptural details: a whale swims across a wall, a river of blue tiles leads to a floor drain.

And there are charming moments drawn directly from the Juilliard classes, as when Callas advises young Sophie not to wear a short skirt on stage, lest those audience members sitting below see more than Sophie wants them to.