alluring

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The book’s playful interrogation of traditional gender expectations is sharpened with the introduction of 1855 Caleb, a fantasy and a nightmare, a stern, quiet man who Natalie finds both terrifying and alluring.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Captive in bucolic panopticons, their lives are at once aesthetically alluring, depressingly regressive and anthropologically fascinating.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

On the luxe end of the spectrum, European ski towns like St. Anton and Morzine offer an alluring blend of work and play, Burton says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

But the electorate appear to be telling Labour at the moment experience is a double-edged sword and the prospect of the new and novel appears alluring to many.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

Indeed, the idea of a nice, short rest was alluring.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman