beguile
verb (used with object)
to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
was beguiling
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past progressiveof beguile.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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This dessert was beguiling and has truly been dancing in my head ever since.
From Salon ● May 24, 2023
His spell either side of tea was beguiling and thrilling, the arrival of an incredibly exciting talent at the highest level of the game.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2022
Mr. Benjamin’s score, though unabashedly modernist, was beguiling and mysterious.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2018
The calligraphy was beguiling and I said, why not.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2017
The Countess merely frowned her disappointment and resumed the novel which she was beguiling the hours between eating and eating again.
From Count Bunker: being a bald yet veracious chronicle containing some further particulars of two gentlemen whose previous careers were touched upon in a tome entitled the Lunatic at Large by J. Storer (Joseph Storer) Clouston
