had been alluring
- past perfect progressive of allure.
Example Sentences
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No party had been alluring enough to beguile her from her books.
From Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls by Flower, Jessie Graham [pseud.]
