alluring
Example Sentences
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The promise of a big yield may sound alluring.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
The book’s playful interrogation of traditional gender expectations is sharpened with the introduction of 1855 Caleb, a fantasy and a nightmare, a stern, quiet man who Natalie finds both terrifying and alluring.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
Captive in bucolic panopticons, their lives are at once aesthetically alluring, depressingly regressive and anthropologically fascinating.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
The promise of a more climate-friendly alternative to fossil fuels was alluring to Exxon—assuming the company could increase algae’s energy content enough to make it commercially viable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
For me, his powerful presence embodied all that was alluring in Christianity.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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