Example Sentences

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A seductively smooth-gliding shot shows us the point of view from a moving motorbike at night, imbued with a sense of quiet mastery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

The sounds, those seductively embracing and those frightfully howling in the wind, became an acknowledged life in all its strangeness, the animal kingdom as counselor to our uncertainties, indulgences and differences.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025

The uneven but seductively spooky “Constellation,” which premieres with three of its eight episodes on Wednesday, is a space adventure, mystery and family drama spun from the unstable fabric of quantum physics.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2024

From playfully bowing puppies to seductively singing alligators, Carol Gigliotti combines examples from interviews with scientists and excerpts of previously published books in this delightful index of animal inventiveness.

From Scientific American • Nov. 17, 2022

The obstacle was galling; physicists could peer over the wall at a murky landscape on the far side, shrouded seductively in mist.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik