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  • present participle of allure.
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alluring

[uh-loor-ing] / əˈlʊər ɪŋ /


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Maybe that’s why I find the song so alluring and why I’m able to connect with it so easily, despite my conflicting personal feelings.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

The promise of a big yield may sound alluring.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

That Niall finds Ruben so alluring is natural to Gadd, who believes the notion of a valiant male figure has been bred into everyone via fables and fairy tales.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

He was planning to go home when he was approached by a Russian man with an alluring offer: work as a restaurant cook for the equivalent of $5,200 a month—a staggering enticement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

In Willie-Jay his vanity had found support, his sensibility shelter, and the four-month exile from this high-carat appreciation had made it more alluring than any dream of buried gold.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote




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