(a.) That allures; attracting; charming; tempting.
Example Sentences:
(1) The character was wild and dangerous, psychotic but alluring.
(2) At this stage, however, the allure of big money Super Pacs has been much stronger on the GOP side, although their ineffectiveness in slowing Trump’s inexorable rise has spawned grousing and finger pointing.
(3) With climate risks high and profit margins low, Australian farms do not hold irresistible allure for the Chinese.
(4) Such myths were transformed by Renaissance artists such as Titian into alluring sensual painting.
(5) It’s worth resisting the allure of unnecessary online purchases, one banana at a time.
(6) The few alluring aspect of these patients would signify the derogatory imago of a destroyed body, that does not be the mediator of the relationship to the other.
(7) Philip Hammond, the chancellor, said that the deal showed that Britain “has lost none of its allure to international investors”, but industry leaders warned it was a setback for the country.
(8) The Starfire, Allure III, and Transcend brackets had the highest fracture resistance values.
(9) It is a finely-tuned sequence of level changes and alluring glimpses, more familiar to the world of shopping malls and airport terminals than a repository of knowledge.
(10) Rows of pleasing redbrick homes are cheap and potentially alluring for escapees from the unaffordable south.
(11) The very things that give small charities their allure can also be their greatest limitations Having been managed by a founder in three out of my four major jobs, and working closely with one in the fourth, I have lived out all the symptoms: ad-hoc practices with no systems and processes, unilateral decisions at the whim of the founder, a resistance to professionalising and losing the personal touch, and a way of working that revolves entirely around one person because the assumption is that this immortal personality will be around forever.
(12) The highest predictability and the highest bond strength were both found with the Allure bracket system.
(13) If he doesn’t want to lose his allure and go down as the man who oversaw euro exit, it is his only option.” The battle lines are being drawn – in and outside Greece.
(14) I think what we’re seeing in Australia is very much the focus on acquiring premium, highest quality, high-value brands that will enable a very significant mark-up or profit with the wealthiest element of Chinese society.” It is not that the Australian farms hold irresistible allure for the Chinese or come without hitches, as KPMG points out.
(15) We removed 122 ceramic brackets (A-Company Starfire, GAC Allure, and Unitek Transcend) from eight extracted teeth by grinding with high-speed diamond burs or low-speed green stones, both with and without air or water coolant.
(16) It's partial setting in the 50s deliberately echoes Frank Capra, and it would be daft to underestimate the reach of the allure of this peachy American dream.
(17) Otherwise we fail to understand the thinking of others, or to realize deep down that the brother or sister we wish to reach and redeem, with the power and closeness of love, counts more than their positions, distant as they may be from what we hold as true.” To emphasize the point he added: “Harsh and divisive language does not befit the tongue of a pastor, it has no place in his heart; although it may momentarily seem to win the day, on the enduring allure of goodness and love remains truly convincing.” The pope ended his speech with two recommendations.
(18) It seems likely that she has been influenced not only by Theron's choice of roles and but also by her determination not to allow her obvious allure to undermine her reputation.
(19) Kumamon is kawaii – the word is translated as “cute”, but the word has broad, multilayered meanings, encompassing a range of sweetly alluring images and behaviours.
(20) For all the alluring backstory, questions still remain.
Seductive
Definition:
(a.) Tending to lead astray; apt to mislead by flattering appearances; tempting; alluring; as, a seductive offer.
Example Sentences:
(1) Pictures of the Social Network star emerged on Twitter and Instagram on Wednesday, showing Garfield in full costume for Punchdrunk's current show, The Drowned Man , chewing seductively on a stick of straw .
(2) It is 17 years since Klein, then aged 30, published her first book, No Logo – a seductive rage against the branding of public life by globalising corporations – and made herself, in the words of the New Yorker , “ the most visible and influential figure on the American left ” almost overnight.
(3) It was ambitious, experimental and sometimes downright odd – but seductively, compulsively readable too.
(4) These originated in the Bou Denib oases in Morocco, and have a fine flavour and seductively smooth texture.
(5) But the opposite dentition can also dictate a fixture installation in the posterior region for a good occlusal stabilization: a specific modality of fixture installation in the pterygoid region has provided a seductive alternative.
(6) Other reasons for using a chaperone included a patient with emotional problems, a history of rape or sexual abuse, a seductive patient, an uncomfortable patient or physician, a first pelvic examination, and medicolegal issues.
(7) At the moment, alternative treatment start to emerge such as selective vascular catheterism with ejectable balloon which become more feasible and seductive.
(8) This was a man who publicly stated: ‘No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical, or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep, burning hatred for the Tory party.’ In today’s political climate, where politicians are careful, tentative, scared of saying what they feel for fear of alienating a part of the electorate; where under the excuse of trying to appear electable, all parties drift into a morass of bland neutrality; and the real deals, the real values we suspect, are kept behind closed doors – is it any wonder that people feel there is very little to choose between?
(9) I half expected it to end with the Houser brothers dressed as Papa Lazarou from League of Gentlemen staring into the camera and whispering seductively, "you all live in Los Santos now".
(10) A few of us went to see my friend Norman (Fatboy Slim) play at a nightclub called Seduction in Patong recently.
(11) Chris – lassoed from a parallel universe where Tom Cruise gave Hollywood a swerve to focus on taking his guitar-alt-musings to open mic spots instead – looks on, coldly dissecting technique and cutting to seduction tips.
(12) The third style, which included respondents most satisfied with their sexual responsivity, was characterized by women who were more aware of physiological changes during sexual arousal and who enjoyed gently seductive erotic activities, breast stimulation, and genital stimulation.
(13) He brought movement to modern architecture, and invented a version of it that was expressive and seductive , clearly not functional, and clearly different from the Germanic glass box of the Bauhaus.
(14) There had been some whispered talk leading up to this match of that seductive vice known as Messidependencia , with some fearing this team might become too centred on its No10, soft-pedalling to its detriment those other high-end attacking talents.
(15) His side were at their seductive best only once, on the stroke of half-time.
(16) There are also personal revolutions: the idea of the equal, committed, but "open" relationship, as practised by Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir , for whom "the game of love" – the rondo of seduction, rejection and change – never had to end.
(17) The user of audiovisual methods not only has to consider the special needs of the psychic ill, but also has to face critically the seduction ways of this potential medium.
(18) By means of seduction or its opposite, intimidation and the use of threats, the object is made to believe the content of the denying persons's inner or external world.
(19) More than 27m of the books, which tell of a billionaire's seduction of a college student, were sold in the UK and Commonwealth countries, Vintage Books said, with more than 45m copies sold in the US, and one million or more sold in Germany, France, Spain, Brazil, and Holland.
(20) "It's very seductive and I've done it a certain amount, but it does take a terrific toll.