beguiles
Example Sentences
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In “Autumn Meeting,” a Budapest seductress beguiles an out-of-work jockey with romantic tales of love spurned.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
It’s an idea that always beguiles but never delivers.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2024
You need a thing that beguiles its way into people’s lives and then beguiles them into becoming programmers.
From The Verge • Mar. 8, 2022
This movie — the story of how she returns home — beguiles and fascinates on several levels.
From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2020
See on his future subjects how he smiles, Nor meanly flatters, nor with craft beguiles; But with an open face, as on his throne, Assures our birthrights, and secures his own.”
From The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays by Masson, David
