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Meanings of beguiling in anglès

Highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire.

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Usage of beguiling in anglès
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Twigs' work has always been texturally beguiling, if not always melodically robust.
The Guardian
2
Could you possibly conjure a more beguiling image of modern day royalty?
News.com.au
3
I have not your resources for beguiling the tedium of the way.
Try and Trust; Or, Abner Holden's Bound Boy
4
They disappeared, swallowed up in the sinister light of a beguiling doorway.
Broken to the Plow / A Novel
5
Sundry groups, in different corners, were beguiling the tedious hours at whist.
Arthur Mervyn; Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793
6
It has a pleasant look, too; a beguiling look, an inviting look.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
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The female vocals are as beguiling and distinctive as their stage costumes.
Radio NZ
8
His voice was deep, dark and beguiling as he said, 'Enlighten me.'
Dating the rebel tycoon
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What also emerges from Figes's book is a beguiling biography of Turgenev.
The Guardian
10
Like other settlers, Lincoln found the prairies a beautiful but beguiling experience.
A. lincoln: a biography
11
Lady Charteris sat waiting for her, beguiling the time with a book.
Dora Thorne
12
I blinked in disbelief, but the strangely beguiling Dr. Suurkula went on.
The fracture zone: my return to the balkans
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Her face is full of sympathy as she raises her beguiling eyes.
Floyd Grandon's Honor
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But Eco manages to make these sorts of nitpicking interludes progressively beguiling.
The Guardian
15
The voice is soft, with a half-entreaty almost as beguiling as Cecil's.
Floyd Grandon's Honor
16
It is these asides, I think, that make Excellent Women so beguiling.
The Guardian
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Beguiling through the time
Beguiling across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Less common
United States of America
Less common