allure
verb (used with object)
to attract or tempt by something flattering or desirable.
has allured
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present perfectof allure (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Its enchanting landscape has allured many a landsman to his ruin, and its beacon, seen through the haze of a south-east gale, has guided many a watchful mariner to shipwreck and death.
From The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned by J. Macfarlane
No: my religions convictions and views have remained free from any tincture of ecclesiasticism; no chiming of bells has allured me, no p. 129altar candles have dazzled me.
From The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete by Nathan Sheppard
And that he might bring about his enterprise, he sometimes has allured her with the dainty delicacies of this world, the lusts of the flesh and of the eyes, and the pride of life.
From The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works by John Bunyan
My religious views and convictions have remained free from all churchdom; no belfry chime has allured me, no altar taper has dazzled me.
From Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine by Heinrich Heine
That Ignis Fatuus, ambition, has allured, as you are aware, more than one youthful fowler to an uncertain swampy hunting ground, called "politics."
From Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present by Sir J. M. (James MacPherson) Le Moine
