How to Use disenchant in a Sentence

disenchant

verb
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  • In part, his campaign sought to appeal to voters who were disenchanted with politics.
    — Dan Hopkins, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Ryan said that many of the union members who voted for Trump in the 2016 election are disenchanted with him and would back Biden.
    — Sabrina Eaton, cleveland, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Gia, the narrator of this début novella, is disenchanted with the modern world.
    — The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Congress, along with the rest of us, is clearly disenchanted with the claims that founders are engines of wealth creation and change agents for global goodness.
    — Steven Levy, Wired, 26 Dec. 2019
  • There's no reason for the Indians to be disenchanted with Naquin.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland.com, 21 May 2017
  • Ortiz grew disenchanted with the direction of the panel and left after three years.
    — Jeff McDonald, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 Oct. 2017
  • In her new book, however, Ms. Park writes about being disenchanted by her brush with elites.
    — Charles Homans, New York Times, 22 June 2023
  • In February of 2014, Gilbert became disenchanted with Grant and fired him.
    — cleveland.com, 20 June 2017
  • That means Republican voters who might be disenchanted don't have to crawl across hot coals to cast a ballot.
    — Harry Enten, CNN, 5 Apr. 2018
  • For naïve young men, disenchanted with jihad and looking at forty years to life, that can be a powerful incentive to talk.
    — Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker, 15 May 2017
  • Mom loves boy but can’t express it; boy is disenchanted; mom and boy reconnect, if only briefly.
    — Adam Davidson, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2017
  • The actual crowd was about half that, and could be a sign of things to come for Miami, with many South Floridians disenchanted about the direction of the franchise.
    — Steven Wine, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2019
  • His years as president have been marked by rampant corruption that has left voters disenchanted with the ANC.
    — Peter Granitz, Houston Chronicle, 18 Dec. 2017
  • In a country like mine, where there are no as great extremes of wealth or poverty as in the US, the opportunity to be disenchanted with your lot in life is greatly diminished.
    — Marja Heinonen, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Warren was disenchanted with Washington, and hoped to return to teaching full time.
    — Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 14 June 2019
  • At this moment I am disenchanted and disgusted that Curry, and others on the team, are so insensitive and rude as to refuse an invitation to the White House.
    — Mercury News Readers, The Mercury News, 17 June 2017
  • This year, Riggs, a retiree based in New York, is disenchanted with both frontrunners, like many Americans.
    — Kaleigh Rogers, ABC News, 15 Mar. 2024
  • While some of Napster’s own members are disenchanted with the service and its ban, parody websites are cutting Napster some slack.
    — Brad King, WIRED, 15 May 2000
  • Many are disenchanted with politics after campaign finance scandals that have tainted parties of both the right and left.
    — Justin Villamil, Houston Chronicle, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Another, several sources said, is to make the new league more attractive in the next round of realignment for former Pac-12 members disenchanted with moves to the Central and Eastern time zones.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Progress has left us mired in bureaucracy, disenchanted by science and severed from the nonhuman world.
    — Jeremy McCarter, WSJ, 16 June 2023
  • Perhaps more maddening had been the rumors that even Austin’s teammates on the Clippers grew disenchanted with him because of perceived favoritism by his father.
    — Broderick Turner, latimes.com, 27 Sep. 2017
  • And while many young Americans are disenchanted with Biden, there’s no sign of movement toward former President Trump.
    — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The U.S. is also home to a number of homegrown churches—Scientology, Mormonism—that might scoop up those who are disenchanted with older faiths.
    — National Geographic, 22 Apr. 2016
  • Lafer, the author of The Job Training Charade, wasn’t always disenchanted with federal job-training programs.
    — Lolade Fadulu, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2018
  • An unhappy quarterback disenchanted with life off the field might stink it up on Sunday because his life is miserable and full of distractions.
    — Andy Benoit, SI.com, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Rapp's short, fascinating career earned him cult status, but ended after less than a decade when the singer became disenchanted with the machinations of the music business.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 Feb. 2018
  • According to the story, Mr. Anderson was disenchanted by the prospect of chasing acting roles into middle age.
    — Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2018
  • While some disenchanted Facebook users have deactivated their accounts, others point out that breaking up can be hard to do.
    — CBS News, 24 Mar. 2018
  • But players grew disenchanted on at least six teams that compete for multimillion-dollar prizes.
    — Paresh Dave, latimes.com, 26 May 2017

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