How To Use Allure In A Sentence

  • ‘She's naturally flirtatious and not exactly shy about being charming towards gentlemen ’, says one who has experienced her allure.
  • In the midday sun, the allure of a golden-globed Orthodox church was matched only by the three blue spires atop the straight-backed cathedral.
  • An ‘attractive absence of progress’, added to its more-or-less unpolluted environment, seem to be bringing the island an irresistible allure.
  • Slick, ultraviolent advertising campaigns and an energetic presence on social media have added to the group's allure. Times, Sunday Times
  • Sami initially sees his love for Muntaha in poetic terms, likening her beauty and allure to the Sumerian artefacts in front of which he first encounters her, an orientalization that is later echoed by Gabor. The Jakarta Post Breaking News
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  • Contemporary American adolescents have become much more work oriented generally then those of a generation or so ago, mostly because they have been exposed to the costly allurements of a consumption-obsessed America.
  • Yet it is not just the taste of the most famous piece of silverware in the club game that holds the allure of the competition for Ferguson. The Sun
  • Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but the allure of affordable-luxury businesses such as day spas and beauty salons is positively irresistible.
  • Part of the continuing allure of police action films is the chance to get under the skin of a criminal, to glimpse into an alien world.
  • The story of the universe is a mythic drama of creativity, allurement, relation, and grace.
  • With circumstances and your priorities changing, what's unappealing now could soon hold allure. Times, Sunday Times
  • You instantly think about the patterns and designs we sport, what our outer markings are, and how we use them for both defense and allure.
  • She would be like that at eighty, he thought, at a hundred, which was why she would never grow old, never lose her allure for nim. THE IMAGE OF LAURA
  • They do not possess the seductive allure of other parts of the female anatomy.
  • I was returned out of the valley aliue, they reuerenced me much, saying that I was baptised and holy, and that the foresayd bodies were men subiect vnto the deuils infernall, who vsed to play vpon citherns, to the end they might allure people to enter, and so murther them. The Journal of Friar Odoric
  • The characters in my "story", the slickness of the images, and the allure of the technological processes, which tempt me away from the hands-on, traditional methods of working that, I know.
  • Yet the experience felt soft, serene, adding immeasurably to the allure of the moment. Times, Sunday Times
  • Again, totalitarianism has an almost irresistible allure - it moves people - by reason of the emotional and essentially religious spirit which its leading apostles have infused into it.
  • Auguste Piccard conceived the bathyscaphe in the 1930s but became distracted by the allure of high-altitude ballooning.
  • Once you get hooked on daytrading online, video games just lose their allure. Bleep. Bloop. Zap. « Whatever
  • With circumstances and your priorities changing, what's unappealing now could soon hold allure. Times, Sunday Times
  • No one is safe in this competition and therein lies its allure.
  • The story of the universe is a mythic drama of creativity, allurement, relation, and grace.
  • Resist the allure of anything with pyjama or jogging in its name unless you are truly going to bed or running. Times, Sunday Times
  • She was twenty-eight years of age with the kind of breathtaking allure normally associated with the cover of a glossy fashion magazine.
  • The allure of these fund groups is that there are no restrictions on how often an investor can buy and sell fund shares.
  • The allure, in my case, was not service to others, but the deliverance of myself.
  • Be they daisies, lilies or roses, few women can resist the allure of a fragrant bloom. Times, Sunday Times
  • The freshness of the telling and the captivating allure of the poetic text will put this on your list of books to be shared, and soon.
  • Yet it is not just the taste of the most famous piece of silverware in the club game that holds the allure of the competition for Ferguson. The Sun
  • There’s also the allure of entry into a global in-crowd. Globe and Mail
  • Lent; but his voice being so extremely musical, that it rather allured the birds than terrified them, he was soon transplanted from the fields into the dog-kennel, where he was placed under the huntsman, and made what the sportsmen term whipper-in. Joseph Andrews Vol 1
  • I managed to resist the allure of comely females for the rest of the day; but unfortunately, at night time, I relapsed again.
  • imperieuse, fantasque, irreflechie; ses allures ne pouvaient etre que libres. Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician
  • The law prohibits conversion from one religion to another by ‘the use of force or allurement or by fraudulent means’.
  • One can only hope that they stand by these principles and do not waver in response to the allure of ongoing or improving deals with Algerian oil companies at the sacrifice of democratic ideals. Kathryn Cameron Porter: Change in Algeria Fundamental for Human Rights and Security
  • With unbounded flair, Tia couples opalescent shades of princess and oyster in the finest cotton with stiff denim to capture the edgy allure of modern London.
  • Nonetheless, she was fully aware of its transformative power and allure. Times, Sunday Times
  • He's an excellent actor, but he doesn't have the sexual allure that the role requires.
  • The teacher allured the naughty student from evil.
  • She's among the most sought-after strumpets on the scene, a brash and blowsy blonde babe whose sassy strip-club allure promises to be on the scene for some time to come.
  • With circumstances and your priorities changing, what's unappealing now could soon hold allure. Times, Sunday Times
  • It was as much a part of the allure of the trip as the expedition's ultimate goal: the summit of 16,024-foot Carstensz Pyramid on the island of New Guinea which includes the Indonesian province of West Papua and the country of Papua New Guinea. The Seattle Times
  • The word backwards is also mirror-imaged, which typepad wouldn't let me do, but it all adds to the allure of the book, as does the lime gree ribbon bookmark, and offers plenty to talk about with children. Pippi Longstocking
  • A kind of mirage is over it, due to the distance of 5,000 miles -- a mirage behind which we are told to see a happy, rejuvenated country; and a mirage that hides beneath its shade the uncounted corpses of Petrograd; a mirage which conceals from our sight the horrors and catastrophes which communism has meant there, and beckons with a false allurement towards an example from which a nearer vision would make us retreat in horror. The Proper Limitations of State Interference
  • When your entire brand is built on the temporary, fleeting, and inevitably obsolete currency of youthful physical beauty, sexual allure, and cultural status, the word "ephemeral" comes to mind. Lorraine Devon Wilke: You're Not Keeping Up With The Kardashians Either
  • And on the less gruesome side, personal" allure "is probably log-normally distributed, not just because physical attractiveness is probably so distributed, but a person's demeanor animates (interacts with) their plastic form.". Redistribution: Blocking the Revenge of the Nerds?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
  • Their inclusion in Jakarta's political process seemed to have "demystified" their allure, she says. In Indonesia, a Model for Egypt's Transition
  • Empty hands no hawk allure.
  • The cute fuzzy add-on summons up old movie star allure to the most simple sheath dress and looks equally cute tossed over a tunic top and jeans.
  • And there was the allurement, the gathering of the data; the great critical point where purity reaches dreamy hands towards pitch and refuses to call it pitch -- till defiled. CHAPTER 7
  • Broad pistes and a storming après-ski scene add to the allure. Times, Sunday Times
  • The allure of the strapline was usually matched by the quality of the content.
  • Every year the city abandons itself to the heady allure of the world's largest arts festival.
  • The allure of Dulli's own fictional (?) dark world is most magnetic not in his lyrics but rather in his gorgeous music which is fed, made more beautiful even, by the tease of cheap thrills, unquenched desires, and Catholic guilt.
  • Be they daisies, lilies or roses, few women can resist the allure of a fragrant bloom. Times, Sunday Times
  • But for me, it was the legacy of Byron and the Shelleys — and thejuxtaposition of such larger-than-life characters in such a pristinebuttoned-down place that gave Lake Geneva its most powerful allure.
  • The ostensible glory of that company allures the unwary investor.
  • The dexterity with which the charmers handle deadly snakes such as cobras and vipers has added to the allure of the street-side performances.
  • Sure, I know generally what I'm going to get if I'm opening merlot vs. zinfandel vs. riesling, but the allure is the exploration and discovery, isn't it? International Riesling Foundation: What's the Point?
  • The series shows a variety of female faces collaged together and is hallucinogenic in its visual allure.
  • It was held that the attractive-looking berries constituted an allurement to children for which the defendants were liable.
  • They were readily available at that favoured haunt of the schoolchild, the sweetshop, which added to their inescapable allure. Times, Sunday Times
  • With unbounded flair, Tia couples opalescent shades of princess and oyster in the finest cotton with stiff denim to capture the edgy allure of modern London.
  • This is racing's great allure. Times, Sunday Times
  • Already the allure of meals in restaurants had begun to pall.
  • They plan to remind voters of the original allure of monorail: Elevated trains never get stuck in traffic.
  • In the end, we are all powerless to resist Kidman's allure.
  • The allure of foreign bonds is readily apparent.
  • The upward pull of a starry cupola or the mesmerizing allure of a sun-drenched atrium are some obvious examples.
  • He subjects a broad array of current and classical source imagery to processes that merge the visual asperities of inkjet photo-transfers and the archaic allure of gold and silver leaf. ArtScene: The Southwest's Top Ten Exhibition Picks for 2010
  • Adult winner Lisa Sainsbury said her tale about the unique allure of food was based on her poorly grandmother.
  • And if anyone the allure she stills holds for nation, billboards all down the advertise her as the cover for two glossy French this month. Times, Sunday Times
  • Roses have an allure that is difficult to ignore, and having long ago succumbed to the charms of these velvet pretties, I now take some time each spring to revel in their plush petals.
  • But while gold has great allure for decoration and a prominent status in myth, its role in modern economic history has been destructive. Times, Sunday Times
  • Among our tapas selections, the Spanish tortilla had none of the eggy allure this traditional potato omelet can exhibit.
  • Could his new-found fortune prove enough of an allure for her to run away with him?
  • With her allure, she is even fooling the foreign diplomats through her beguiling appearance.
  • Gold's reputation as a safe haven burnishes its allure, especially when stocks and bonds look unstable, as they do now. Gold Gets New Converts, Even as Metal's Price Grows More Precious
  • Instead, the shadows crept over her, giving her a rather mysterious allure and then soon took off.
  • Allure's Web site features a busy beauty blogging area, a Facebook page and a standalone site called Allure Virtual Store, where users can watch videos on how to create a "tousled" hair look. Hearst Signs On in Beauty Contest
  • For the League sides however, the Cup run retains its allure as a route to excitement and glamour.
  • The big cities are full of allurements on which to spend money.
  • It hushes the infant to its slumbers in the cradle with a song whose theme is the babe of Bethlehem; it allures the child to virtue by the example of Josiah, Timothy, and Samuel; it warns the wayward youth, and reproves the erring man, and calls the hoary sinner to repentance. Characteristics of the Bible. A Sermon Preached before the Bible Convention of South Carolina, in the Washington Street Methodist Church, Columbia, September 15, 1862
  • As the unwary are allured by the "well-favored harlot's" looks, so Israel, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
  • Another factor was the allure of reductionistic theories such as behaviorism and rational choice theory. David Sloan Wilson: EvoS: Coming Soon to a College Near You
  • Pulling on the national jersey does not hold the same allure that it once did. Times, Sunday Times
  • And this soporous allurement is intensified by a dead hush. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series
  • The Guardian looks at why do vampire novels have such lasting appeal: "... the reason the vampire novel will continue to endure is because words have the power to capture and sustain the allure and mystique that surrounds them in a way that films, despite their more visceral properties of sound and image, do not. May 2008
  • It sounds like the elixir of life: a wonder drug that promotes youth, slimness and sexual allure at the same time as protecting against heart disease and cancer.
  • Beauty arbitress Linda Wells (with touch-ups by her Allure editors) shares the Confessions of a Beauty Editor (Bulfinch). Hot Type
  • But for those who have sampled its mature charms, who have patiently cellared its wines for more than 10 years or so, watching its tannins and texture soften as it transforms itself into a gentle red wine with notes of spice and velvety bramble, its allure is difficult to evade. The Mature Charm of Cornas
  • For example - the trap, once set will not discriminate between a fur-bearing target species and an endangered bird or a domesticated dog or cat who is allured by the bait. Andy Stepanian: Pinnacle: Cruelty-Free Fashion Insiders Reinvent an Icon, Lampoon Wintour (PHOTOS)
  • But even as Madoc's destruction of the Aztec temples marks an end to acquisitive empire, Southey's aim of rationality and sobriety is compromised by the poem's own explicitly exoticist allure. [ The Allure of the Same: Robert Southey's Welsh Indians and the Rhetoric of Good Colonialism
  • The company 's property portfolio adds to its allure. Times, Sunday Times
  • But Daytona Beach's bacchanalian atmosphere is part of the allure for domestic missionaries -- it's what's called "battleground evangelism. Where Would Jesus Spend Spring Break?
  • Most anti-conversion laws seek only to address conversions "by force, allurement, or fraudulent means. Suhag A. Shukla, Esq.: The Question Of Evangelism In India
  • But the passion, allure, the bass-baritone vowels, stayed trapped and miniaturised, and the opera's psychological drama suffered. Times, Sunday Times
  • But once tablets become low-priced commodities, Apple will have its work cut out for it to retain the iPad's innovative allure.
  • From every act, from every word of the persona he has presented to the camera since the early 1970s, there emanates at once a mediocrity and a magnetic allure.
  • Yet that allurement was especially problematic for them. An Interview with John Dalton, author of Heaven Lake
  • I was walking with some girlfriends one sunny day and the conversation drifted around to what one thing we would wish for to make us feel better about our physical allurements.
  • Often at the end of a day when they had successfully charged a suspect he would lapse into a kind of braggadocio, the thin, frangible coating of allure that he often put on would disappear totally, and his pugilist walk would become more pronounced. Bottled Spider
  • Perhaps that explains its year-round allure: as well as pleasing all the other senses, the grub is actually very good.
  • In this perfect companion to London: The Biography, Peter Ackroyd once again delves into the hidden byways of history, describing the river’s endless allure in a journey overflowing with characters, incidents, and wry observations. Thames by Peter Ackroyd: Book summary
  • So his dresses define the waist, add drama with a train and have buckets of allure thanks to his judicious use of sheer fabrics. Times, Sunday Times
  • This is racing's great allure. Times, Sunday Times
  • His bearing was not such as allured, and his fortune was not of the order which placed a man in the view of the world. The Shuttle
  • If poetic cadence, for example, resonatesor more to the point, if what we believe about the allure of cadence is that it answers to a rhythm essentially held within usthen we are, it is true, treading on structuralist ground: poetics touches us at the level of resonance sounding deep within us. Romanticism and Philosophy in an Historical Age: Introduction
  • Her weight loss may have made her the paparazzi's delight, but in her husband's eyes, she lost all her original allure.
  • Part of the continuing allure of police action films is the chance to get under the skin of a criminal, to glimpse into an alien world.
  • Conservative ideas take on even greater allure for students when the authorities say they're verboten.
  • So that if there be any beetlehead or grosse person, the better to allure and prouoke him to those follies, they tell him by a common Prouerbe: That he must go to Valencia. The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1
  • The armed pilgrimage had not lost its allure, nor the promise of remission of sins.
  • Rewards allure men to brave danger. 
  • its allurement was its remoteness
  • In an extreme case of sex fakery, an orchid produces oddball chemicals that mimic a female wasp's allure so well that males prefer the floral scents to the real thing, scientists say.
  • For me, what happens on the pitch is only half the allure of Cricket.
  • It was Pound's fascination with the quattrocento, Sigismondo Malatesta, and the mythic allure of ancient rocks and water, in fact, that had the most direct influence on Stokes.
  • He says it all comes down to the allure of the dollar, and now much more money businesses can make if they secure themselves a cheap and uncomplaining workforce.
  • With this specific kind of evocation of dread and allure, it has to be something off of Massive Attack's PopMatters
  • The combination of ultralow interest rates—which also boost the allure of noninterest-bearing gold—and Federal Reserve purchases of Treasurys to stimulate the economy has caused some to believe the Fed won't be able to sop up extra liquidity in time to avoid problematic consumer and producer price increases over the longer term. Gold Futures Settle At Record High
  • But while gold has great allure for decoration and a prominent status in myth, its role in modern economic history has been destructive. Times, Sunday Times
  • As Samuel Johnson put it: Works of imagination excel by their allurement and delight; by their power of attracting and detaining the attention. Part 1: Netherland,Wood, Smith, and the Truly Great
  • Nonetheless, she was fully aware of its transformative power and allure. Times, Sunday Times
  • So his dresses define the waist, add drama with a train and have buckets of allure thanks to his judicious use of sheer fabrics. Times, Sunday Times
  • I can see the allure of clothing oneself in the armor of faith, to defend against the assault of doubt and uncertainty.
  • Locals and tourists alike find it hard to resist the allure of low-priced smoked fish, blinis, and beer served in a friendly, and, to be frank, kitschy atmosphere.
  • Today, the difficulty we continue to have in sourcing many Portuguese wines adds to their mystique and allure.
  • They are like dainty, sexy slippers; the allure is to wear mules with bare legs.
  • We know that Strictly holds an odd allure for politicians past and present; maybe all that ducking and weaving feels familiar. Times, Sunday Times
  • She combined an impetuous, coltish physicality with high glamour and a flirtatious, seductive allure.
  • Many settlers were allured by promises of easy wealth.
  • She has become sad and embarrassing and over in some way, a reminder that glamour and allure are as fleeting and elusive as the British summer. Times, Sunday Times
  • I hope that fleshing out the mystique hasn't detracted at all from its allure.
  • She was twenty-eight years of age with the kind of breathtaking allure normally associated with the cover of a glossy fashion magazine.
  • It does have a strong visual allure with its ominous grey skies, cobbled streets and wide stretches of mudflats that look more like an alien landscape than a British seashore.
  • Round says the brutal nature of the Dakar is part of its allure. Times, Sunday Times
  • I think we have missed an opportunity here to capture the exciting allure - a little mystery perhaps - of winemaking and wine taking.
  • So in the wood and the hollows he hid a number of archers and spearmen, confident that the commodiousness of the place would allure the Romans. The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans
  • Plutarch records of Lucullus that he died of a philter; and that Cleopatra used philters to inveigle Antony, amongst other allurements. Anatomy of Melancholy
  • Aside from exemplifying tremendous allure and sophistication, most jewelers agree that such engagement ring is becoming a popular choice among future brides because of its 76 facets and uncut corners usually mounted in a four-pronged setting. Metal Princess | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles
  • But my proud one doth worke the greater scath, through sweet allurement of her louely hew: that she the better may in bloody bath, of such poore thralls her cruell hands embrew. Amoretti and Epithalamion
  • Do films have any allure for Barry, who has already shown he can cross media with ease?
  • Song fragments and electronic tatters abound on this album, and at the moments you put out your hand to their allure, Maricich snaps them back with a smirk.
  • Katharine is in magazines like Cosmo, Vogue, Teen Vogue, and Allure, and it? Big Sexy Hair Launches Massive Campaign Starring Katharine McPhee
  • Broad pistes and a storming après-ski scene add to the allure. Times, Sunday Times
  • Remember to use the knowledge gained from reading the guest to point out features that might provide a benefit; instead allure and entice them with visually and emotionally descriptive language.
  • Can a compact car be endowed with the allure of a sporty luxury sedan?
  • The fact that the players may be from foreign leagues and offer unpronounceable surnames merely adds to their mystical allure.
  • He's an excellent actor, but he doesn't have the sexual allure that the role requires.
  • Beatrice in the [5056] comedy, and in whom they find many faults, by this living together in a house, conference, kissing, colling, and such like allurements, begin at last to dote insensibly one upon another. Anatomy of Melancholy
  • They're pretty, I suppose, but have all the allure for me of a diamond-encrusted casserole dish, or gold-and-ruby bootlaces.
  • Having weathered years of outdoor existence, they have the added allure of holding their value. Times, Sunday Times
  • Do not envy the allure of the red wolf, gray wolf too hell-bent is love.
  • And we lap it up, unable to resist the seductive allure of... maths. Times, Sunday Times
  • The terminal moraine, which is the one that closed up the lake, separating and raising it above the level of Lake Tahoe, is a less noble mound, yet geologically it allures the mind and demands study as much as the others. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Town
  • A spotless record of increasing dividends for 39 successive years adds to its allure. Times, Sunday Times
  • It's the main allure of home video shopping for me, getting to see bits of the movie that didn't make it into the final cut. Here Is A Deleted Scene From ‘Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince’ » MTV Movies Blog
  • The allure is that there is a lot more interaction you can do from a mobile device, and the potential for the demographic information is much higher. USA lags on cellphones' marketing potential
  • The allure of Tinseltown has always been about escapism.
  • However, with other audiences such as older females, the allure is still very much alive and kicking. Wii On The Brain
  • Resist the allure of anything with pyjama or jogging in its name unless you are truly going to bed or running. Times, Sunday Times
  • In politics the Communist Party had at last lost its allure following the suppression of the Hungarian Revolution.
  • They hold a twisted allure to the more demented members of any society.
  • The romantic in us points to the enduring allure of childhood dreams. Times, Sunday Times
  • To the simple and ardent idealist its white stateliness must always suggest something symbolic, and, after all, it is the ardent and simple idealist whose dreams and symbols paint to prosaic human minds the beautiful impossibilities whose unattainable loveliness so allures as to force even the unexalted world into the endeavour to create such reproductions of their forms as crude living will allow. In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim
  • If there is allegory here, it cuts both ways: not only must the shepherd resist the allurements of the false woman, but the bride must resist the advances of a charming but ultimately scurrilous suitor.
  • We know that Strictly holds an odd allure for politicians past and present; maybe all that ducking and weaving feels familiar. Times, Sunday Times
  • The allure of the moonlit swimming pool proved too much for him.
  • This is racing's great allure. Times, Sunday Times
  • It was hot and crisp on the outside, with sweet cool, not-from-a-can apples within, giving it all the allure of a fresh sopaipilla with the added appeal of apple pie. Gazette.com :
  • You resist but their allure's too strong. The Times Literary Supplement
  • The whole imagery in advertising of nightlife, black limos, the black Cadillacs—there's a degree of allure and sexiness attached to that.
  • Working within the constraints of royal ceremony, she combined an impetuous, coltish physicality with high glamour and a flirtatious, seductive allure.
  • We know that Strictly holds an odd allure for politicians past and present; maybe all that ducking and weaving feels familiar. Times, Sunday Times
  • No matter how enticing the allure of riding passenger side with soca tickling your spine may be-just say no to jumping in the front! Chie Davis: Caribbean Holiday Travel-Do's & Don'ts for Female Travelers
  • One man who knows, all too well, Everest's seductive allure is British climber Doug Scott.
  • The local youth hero-worship and follow him unquestioningly as he sets an example of destruction of a life full of promise by killing brain cells in search of the apparently seductive allure of petrol-fuelled nirvana.
  • They enthralled us with their accomplishments, their glamour and their allure.
  • Peru's sol reached a decade high against the dollar after its foreign-currency debt rating was raised to investment grade by Fitch Ratings yesterday, increasing the allure of the nation's securities.
  • And this hotel still has an allure you won't find anywhere else in the city.
  • Among our tapas selections, the Spanish tortilla had none of the eggy allure this traditional potato omelet can exhibit.
  • And we lap it up, unable to resist the seductive allure of... maths. Times, Sunday Times
  • The fable of King Midas is one of the prettiest admonitions in classical mythology against the dangerous allure of gold.
  • Be they daisies, lilies or roses, few women can resist the allure of a fragrant bloom. Times, Sunday Times
  • It's that sense of immediacy and instant gratification that is part of the allure.
  • It was true she had a new set, warm and serviceable, but -- well, a short-haired, dark-brown collarette hasn't the allure of a fluffy, snow-white boa. Missy
  • I hope that fleshing out the mystique hasn't detracted at all from its allure.
  • In the advert huge waves crest into galloping white horses, capturing the mystique, allure and adrenalin inherent in big wave surfing. Times, Sunday Times
  • He's an excellent actor, but he doesn't have the sexual allure that the role requires.
  • The KKK focused most closely on dance halls and automobiles, both of which, the Imperial Wizard of the Klan warned, subjected weak-willed women to “seductive allurement.” A Renegade History of the United States
  • She was by no means a classic beauty but was eager to enhance her allure with her power suits and slightly risqué conversation, which included the revelation that she wore stockings and suspender belt.
  • You resist but their allure's too strong. The Times Literary Supplement
  • Mr. Mansel offers an answer of sorts: The zeal of nationalism . . . triumphed over the 'lust of trafficking' and 'allurement to pleasure.' On the Eastern Shore
  • Historic attractions should not take their tourist allure for granted, however.
  • And being given not merely to fleece but utterly to flay men, they no sooner espy a foreign merchant in the city, than they find out from the book of the dogana how much he has there and what he is good for; and then by caressing and amorous looks and gestures, and words of honeyed sweetness, they strive to entice and allure the merchant to their love, and not seldom have they succeeded, and wrested from him great part or the whole of his merchandise; and of some they have gotten goods and ship and flesh and bones, so delightsomely have they known how to ply the shears. The Decameron, Volume II
  • And we lap it up, unable to resist the seductive allure of... maths. Times, Sunday Times
  • She was pissed at her douchey guy friends she knew from college, so she ditched them and started talking to the boy, allured by his eccentricities and the fact that he's clearly not from the city. Million Dollar Story Ideas While Leeching Off Of Starbuck's WIFI Without Buying Anything: Episode 1
  • ÂFor example - the trap, once set will not discriminate between a fur-bearing target species and an endangered bird or a domesticated dog or cat who is allured by the bait. Andy Stepanian: Pinnacle: Cruelty-Free Fashion Insiders Reinvent an Icon, Lampoon Wintour (PHOTOS)

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