Sporting a short beard, Praximedes was alternately charming, witty, overbearing and menacing.

Her skill as a politician, alternately charming and vicious, made her a formidable presence.

What fascinated him about the Monroe character was its potential to explore a man who was alternately charming and a little monstrous.

Mr. Gold can be alternately charming and combative if a listener fails to comprehend a point quickly.

He is alternately charming and abrasive, pompous one minute and self-deprecating the next.

To the men in her life, Melpomene is a seductive beauty: alternately charming and difficult, vulnerable and ferocious.

That the attack came from a bench coach in his 70's who can be alternately charming and fiery is not the point.

As a classic batterer, he is alternately charming and brutal, both to the humans and animals.

Colonel Gage, in charge of the regulars, blew hot and cold, alternately charming and cutting.