Example Sentences

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The prospect, to most men, would not have been alluring, but to Helmar it was one of unmixed pleasure.

From Under the Rebel's Reign by Neufeld, Charles

To one of Edison's enthusiastic self-confidence the long vista of difficulties ahead—we say it in all sincerity—must have been alluring.

From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Dyer, Frank Lewis

To a man of another stripe, the proposal might have been alluring.

From The Ear in the Wall by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)