How to Use disenchant in a Sentence

disenchant

verb
  • 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
  • Gia, the narrator of this début novella, is disenchanted with the modern world.
    — The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Ortiz grew disenchanted with the direction of the panel and left after three years.
    — Jeff McDonald, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 Oct. 2017
  • In part, his campaign sought to appeal to voters who were disenchanted with politics.
    — Dan Hopkins, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • There's no reason for the Indians to be disenchanted with Naquin.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland.com, 21 May 2017
  • But players grew disenchanted on at least six teams that compete for multimillion-dollar prizes.
    — Paresh Dave, latimes.com, 26 May 2017
  • 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
  • Broke and disenchanted, Weber died by suicide shortly after the sale.
    — Hadley Meares, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Warren was disenchanted with Washington, and hoped to return to teaching full time.
    — Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 14 June 2019
  • Progress has left us mired in bureaucracy, disenchanted by science and severed from the nonhuman world.
    — Jeremy McCarter, WSJ, 16 June 2023
  • 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
  • At home on their farm just outside the city, Joana and Estância watched the speech on television, disenchanted.
    — Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Evan Bouchard — 77 Fans have been disenchanted with Bouchard’s error rate this season.
    — Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The kids weren’t interested in smoking pot or social protests, and they were disenchanted with the science classes offered at their local schools.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Other attendees said they were disenchanted with other candidates and wanted to learn more about Kennedy’s views.
    — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Like many in my friend group, I’ve been increasingly disenchanted with a social network that seemed to show nothing from my actual friends.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The promotion, aimed at foreigners disenchanted with their day-to-day lives, offers residences for as low as just €1, or about $1.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2024
  • People are disenchanted with seeing tens of thousands of people laid off while corporate profits skyrocket.
    — Esha Chhabra, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • Harris and Walz face the challenge of proving themselves to an electorate disenchanted by politics and the electoral system.
    — Fortesa Latifi, refinery29.com, 8 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • 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 groups want to spur midterm turnout among Black voters, and others are disenchanted with white conservatives' maneuvers in racially diverse places.
    — CBS News, 17 May 2026
  • 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
  • In February of 2014, Gilbert became disenchanted with Grant and fired him.
    — cleveland.com, 20 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
  • 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
  • The industry’s changing priorities and shaky quality assurance have left her disenchanted by the business.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2025

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