Example Sentences

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Only 7,500 light years away from Earth, and located in our own Milky Way galaxy, the Carina Nebula has beguiled scientists for generations.

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2022

His title phrase has beguiled and haunted historians ever since.

From Washington Post • Oct. 20, 2017

If the supernatural characters at first feel silly, by the novel’s end Mr Alameddine has beguiled us with his insight and compassion.

From Economist • Nov. 29, 2016

But the romantic outcome, while assured, is less the point than the puzzle of what's holding her back from making herself available to someone who has beguiled her as much as she has beguiled him.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2015

What hath made thee careless concerning thy Lord, the Bountiful, S: O man! what has beguiled you from your Lord, the Gracious one, 082.007 Y: Him Who created thee.

From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Ali, Abdullah Yusuf