Alluring

Definitions

The act or habit of enticing or attracting in order to seek a benefit or advantage.

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Examples

“Was this poor breast, from Love's allurings free, / Cruel to all, and gentle unto thee ?”

“For, as when the red-cheeked, dancing girls, April and May, trip⟳ home to the wintry, misanthropic woods; even the barest, ruggedest, most thunder-cloven old oak will at least send⟳ forth some few green sprouts, to welcome⟳ such glad-hearted visitants; so Ahab did, in the end⟳, a little respond⟳ to the playful allurings of that girlish air.”

“Lookout heights and Smoky Mountains have⟳ allurings all their own⟳.”

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