allure
Example Sentences
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To allay concerns that books can’t compete with the allure of digital devices, he offers a simple observation: Reading is as addictive as videogames were in his youth, “mind-altering, escapist, and fun.”
Unlike streaming or TV, where viewers are "ready and willing to give up their time," micro-dramas are competing with the allure of scrolling.
From BBC
It takes a special effort to restrain yourself from touching these alluringly dimensional surfaces.
But he said the allure of backcountry skiing is undeniable and that clients pay for the access to pristine, uncrowded slopes and comfortable, European-style mountain huts.
From Los Angeles Times
While the ultrawealthy had a romantic allure for Fitzgerald, they are now more likely to seem problematic.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
