Example Sentences

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"I think it presented so much that was beguiling to contemporaries, but also clearly that Bowie himself found fascinating."

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025

This dessert was beguiling and has truly been dancing in my head ever since.

From Salon • May 24, 2023

The calligraphy was beguiling and I said, why not.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2017

L’Wren Scott was beguiling to her friends, so I can’t imagine what strangers thought of her.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2014

Then the sound of waltz-music within the closed house told that Mrs. van Cannan was beguiling away the rest of the long, hot morning in a favourite fashion.

From Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa by Stockley, Cynthia