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Meanings of beguiling in English
Synonyms
Examples for "tempting"
Examples for "tempting"
1
Europe is seen as tempting as financial and political uncertainties have diminished.
2
The present situation is a tempting one for an incoming strategy guru.
3
As tempting as forcing the issue might be, I couldn't risk it.
4
It's tempting to shrug off such red ink as a temporary problem.
5
For some powerful interests, the rule of force, not law, remains tempting.
1
Yes, it is gymnastics; it is not grace; it is scarcely alluring.
2
He originally came over the plains in the gold-alluring days of '49.
3
His googly in particular had an alluring amount of dip and fizz.
4
To the pious it took on the alluring guise of a Crusade.
5
Who'd have thought that such a simple thing could be so alluring?
1
And their best hope of doing this is with enticing food labels.
2
And the enticing prospect of long, healthy walks in the great outdoors.
3
Author, designer and illustrator Vasanti Unka on enticing young children to read.
4
She said it as if she were enticing children to a game.
5
TV View:A rout in sport is about as enticing as elevator music.
Usage of beguiling in English
1
Twigs' work has always been texturally beguiling, if not always melodically robust.
2
Could you possibly conjure a more beguiling image of modern day royalty?
3
I have not your resources for beguiling the tedium of the way.
4
They disappeared, swallowed up in the sinister light of a beguiling doorway.
5
Sundry groups, in different corners, were beguiling the tedious hours at whist.
6
It has a pleasant look, too; a beguiling look, an inviting look.
7
The female vocals are as beguiling and distinctive as their stage costumes.
8
His voice was deep, dark and beguiling as he said, 'Enlighten me.'
9
What also emerges from Figes's book is a beguiling biography of Turgenev.
10
Like other settlers, Lincoln found the prairies a beautiful but beguiling experience.
11
Lady Charteris sat waiting for her, beguiling the time with a book.
12
I blinked in disbelief, but the strangely beguiling Dr. Suurkula went on.
13
Her face is full of sympathy as she raises her beguiling eyes.
14
But Eco manages to make these sorts of nitpicking interludes progressively beguiling.
15
The voice is soft, with a half-entreaty almost as beguiling as Cecil's.
16
It is these asides, I think, that make Excellent Women so beguiling.
About this term
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Beguiling through the time
Beguiling across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Less common
United States of America
Less common