Example Sentences

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The pangrams from yesterday’s Spelling Bee were alluring and inaugural.

From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2022

His poems’ meanings were always running away, leaving footprints that were alluring and funny and hard to parse.

From Slate • Sep. 4, 2017

The offseason video clips were alluring, but it’s not unreasonable to assume the on-field transition will be a bit rockier, that inserting an incredible talent into those vacated receiver spots doesn’t guarantee a seamless swap.

From Washington Post • Aug. 28, 2017

There were alluring moments in his Suite for Double Quartet, with the oboe melodies beautifully rendered by Alexandra Knoll.

From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2015

United with these execrable traits of character, there were others, to which we have already alluded, which were alluring.

From The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)