Example Sentences

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You hesitate for an instant, torn between the invitingly warm lower level and the formidable set of stairs leading upward.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

Humor and friendliness abound in this invitingly good-natured attraction.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2024

In this invitingly artful, mostly monochromatic world, Hauntii soon meets an Eternian, seemingly an angel with flowing hair.

From New York Times • May 23, 2024

Tyrhys Dolan makes a strong run down the right and his ball forward into Sammie Szmodics is fired invitingly across goal.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2024

I could see the door propped invitingly with a cinder block, could feel a cold draft on my face.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt