Example Sentences

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It was the call, the many-noted call, sounding more luringly and compellingly than ever before.

From The Call of the Wild by London, Jack

The Five howled mockery and derision, the cards danced and beckoned luringly in the mellow lamplight, the Judge pulled his coat-tail, the Major Premise tugged.

From The Desire of the Moth; and the Come On by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove

She couched it in luringly affectionate tones and apologized lavishly for scratching his face when he called.

From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert

A day had hardly passed, after the second rejection of Mr. Canning at her door, before the thought of whistling him back again flashed luringly across Carlisle's mind.

From V. V.'s Eyes by Harrison, Henry Sydnor