When we reached 34th Street and the grandparents wheeled their stroller away, the spell seemed to be broken.

Despite his doubts the spell seemed to be working.

The spell didn't seem to work at first.

Every good spell seemed to be followed by a bad one.

Long seconds passed in tense silence; then the spell seemed to be broken.

After two months of wonderful weather there had been some rain during the past few days, but now another fine spell seemed to have set in.

Unlike some of the others she'd tried, this spell seemed to perform as it should have.

"This mysterious dry spell seems to have affected me as well."

But that was what this spell now seemed to be pointing toward.

A spell for the safe delivery of a sister's baby seemed to work.