beguile
verb (used with object)
to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
are beguiling
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present progressiveof beguile.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But Langara’s natural beauty and abundant wildlife are beguiling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2018
Among more substantial fare, both the vadouvan curried carrots and beet-cured wild salmon are beguiling ensembles.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2017
Yet songs like "Carolina" and "'90s Music" face outward too, their bright melodies as irresistible as their textures are beguiling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2014
His works that survive are beguiling – but, like I say, there are none in the National Gallery.
From The Guardian ● May 17, 2013
I shall have more than one notion of future work to suggest to you while we are beguiling the dreariness of an arctic winter in these parts.
From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 by Georgina Hogarth
