How To Use Irresistible In A Sentence
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I think that it is because a man, to be attractive, must be free to give his whole time to it, and the Canadian male is so hounded by taxes and the rigours of our climate, that he is lucky to be alive, without being irresistible as well.
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To say that such admonitions are a means to preserve those from apostasy who are by other means (as suppose the absolute decree of God, or the interposal of his irresistible power for their perseverance, or the like) in no possibility of apostatizing, is to say that washing is a means to make snow white, or the rearing up of a pillar in the air a means to keep the heavens from falling.
The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed
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He combined athleticism, judgement and skill in an irresistible mix - and he was a great sportsman, totally devoid of egomania.
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Irresistible, her lone Motown LP, the label cannibalized some of the solo songs and remixed them into duets.
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But the polyanthus are the ones that I'm finding irresistible.
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Pine needles and resin, wood and sap - irresistible.
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He's tactless and lacks judgment but he's irresistible just the same.
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A simple single-storey pavilion is enclosed by folded concertina walls and roof, prompting irresistible comparisons with origami.
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It contains, among other things of merit, a lullaby, called "Sleep, Little Tulip," with a remarkably artistic and effective pedal-point on two notes (the submediant and the dominant) sustained through the entire song with a fine fidelity to the words and the lullaby spirit; a "Nocturne" in which Nevin has revealed an unsuspected voluptuousness in Mr. Aldrich 'little lyric, and has written a song of irresistible climaxes.
Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and
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It was a case of an irresistible force hitting an immovable object.
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Seed sown in early June has produced a swathe of greenery topped by the most attractive blue flowers that seem irresistible to bees, hoverflies and other insects.
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Fishing floats have always been irresistible bounty for beachcombers.
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Ads constantly bombard us with the notion that we will be irresistible if we purchase the product being promoted.
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But after that, the rise of Michael Gomez as a boxer seemed irresistible.
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The removal of car tax also proved irresistible to drivers but is seen in retrospect as a retrograde step, and, according to Brennan, ‘over the top’.
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An ‘attractive absence of progress’, added to its more-or-less unpolluted environment, seem to be bringing the island an irresistible allure.
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Jaspan inherits a newspaper with the kind of resources a keen editor with a lively mind and a constitution tested by the fire of Fleet St would find irresistible.
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God without Being: "the Ungrund is contaminated from the start by the universe it subtends, making the impulse to misrecognize the groundless as the primal ground, and thereby firmly reappropriate it to ontotheology, quite irresistible";
Hegel on Buddhism
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I felt an almost irresistible urge to slap myself for the stupidity of my question.
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Toure sounds outrageously laid-back, but the insistent rhythmic pulse in his music is hypnotic and irresistible.
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As some one who likes musical comedies to be comedies, the frivolity of this piece proved irresistible.
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People find a muscular physique with great abs a very attractive and irresistible package.
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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.
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Kate had changed before his eyes, from the pigtailed hoyden of his youth to a captivating, irresistible woman.
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Maybe defiance will prove as irresistible an export as Levi's, Coke, and MTV.
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The titillating details that have emerged about their four-month fling have also made the story irresistible.
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I found her behaviour brash, shocking and entirely irresistible.
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Together with his wife, Danielle, he spoiled us with rib-sticking main courses such as cassoulet or rabbit pappardelle they'll cater for vegetarians or special diets if you let them know in advance, and irresistible desserts like melting chocolate pudding or affogato with homemade ice-cream.
Couples ski holiday in the French Alps
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Let's face it, the social scene is part of the beauty of this irresistible summer playland.
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Camera phones and the net have proven an irresistible combination.
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Undefended Buddhist monasteries, often containing valuable treasures, proved irresistible targets to raiders bent on booty in the name of holy war.
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He seriously protested that the bow of Blandois was perfect, that the address of Blandois was irresistible, and that the picturesque ease of Blandois would be cheaply purchased (if it were not a gift, and unpurchasable) for a hundred thousand francs.
Little Dorrit
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IT'S the irresistible force against the immovable object.
The Sun
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But if the smell of greasepaint proves irresistible the stage is near at hand.
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It was as if some irresistible natural force was pulling us together.
FRIENDS FOR LIFE
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The bees found it to be irresistible and by taking it back to their hives the honey harvest was ruined.
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The pair prove as irresistible to each other as an itch to a scratch.
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This language carries to the human mind, with irresistible force, the idea of _two distinct states_ -- one a state of _freedom_, the other a state of _bondage_: in one of which, a person is serving with his consent for wages; in the other of which a person is serving without his _consent_, according to his master's pleasure.
Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject
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The saddest thing is when I give in and have chocolate silk cake because it looks irresistible, but it turns out to be eggy and unchocolately and not even worth it.
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Sports proves that performance doping is irresistible when money and prestige are on the line.
Scary Smart: The Next Trillion-Dollar Industry
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The River Araxes is noisy, rapid, vehement, and, with the melting of the snows, irresistible: the strongest and most massy bridges are swept away by the current; and its indignation is attested by the ruins of many arches near the old town of Zulfa.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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Ads constantly bombard us with the notion that we will be irresistible if we purchase the product being promoted.
Christianity Today
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What makes a page-turner, an irresistible read, a story or book that you can't put down?
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And he does it with irresistible charm, glee and heart.
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But when it comes to love, a match of opposites could prove to be irresistible.
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The Harris condition is supernaturally brave, under his score secondary attack's lead, the teammate attacks with irresistible force.
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The bright colours were irresistible to the baby.
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My favourite comes when Elsie, the irresistible force, meets Jack's mum, the immoveable object, and, on offering to help in the house, is sternly told: Jack's bed were made up this morning.
The Game
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Hairdressers and stylists may know how to cut and style hair, but they need your input when it comes to getting the haircut that will make you irresistible to women, and make you feel great about yourself.
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When he was at his most sublime, he was unstoppable and irresistible.
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His disarming amiability and jocular charm were irresistible, but his art was immediately compelling on its own terms, and largely responsible for fueling all the interest.
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Public spending has an apparently irresistible momentum.
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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.
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Their manners and movements are unaffected and elegant; they dress in exquisite taste; and with a grace peculiarly their own, their manners have a fascination and witchery which is perfectly irresistible.
The Englishwoman in America
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Soon it would become an irresistible force.
BRITAIN BC: Life In Britain and Ireland before the Romans
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Consuming an inordinate amount of bevvy has always been one of the qualities that makes hacks so irresistible to you fascinated readers.
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I was overcome by an irresistible urge to cry.
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Up front they can be an irresistible force.
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But there is something irresistible about their shiny covers and undoubted front.
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An irresistible force when the mood takes him, he was irrepressible in the two Tests he played.
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The urge to touch her again was almost irresistible and he only just barely caught himself.
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The five musicians clustered close together, weaving in and out and applying a busy, irresistible chemistry to the vocal harmonies and complex musical parts at hand.
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The dreadlocked Shane Claiborne is here, author of The Irresistible Revolution (2006) and a leader of a movement known as the New Monasticism.
Sing to the Lord a New Song
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"It must be my irresistible charm, " I muttered to myself amusingly.
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_Africaine_, reformed, refined, beautified in her descendants, transformed into the creole negress, commenced to exert a fascination irresistible, capable of winning anything (_capable de tout obtenir_).
Two Years in the French West Indies
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The urge to view Cash's life as a parable is irresistible, not least because he designed it that way.
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Sprinkle a little of the powder on freshly ground coffee beans when making your morning java, or try these irresistible Cinnamon Baked Apples for a low-cal dessert.
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Trying to outdrive other long hitters was irresistible to me.
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She speaks with uncanny timing in the most doggone delicious accent, and sings with irresistible sorcery.
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They could shy stones if they could do nothing else; and was not that lordly bronze statue a quite irresistible cockshot?
Gathering Clouds: A Tale of the Days of St. Chrysostom
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In 1990, Pellmyr and his colleagues reported that fritillary butterflies seek the scent of only one form, probably because of its irresistible methyl anthranilate and isoeugenol.
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They won't eat daffodils and other narcissi which are distasteful to them, but they find tulips and crocus irresistible.
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The quintessence of luxury, based upon a range of cashmere and guanashina, the main collection for this winter is an irresistible invitation to enjoy the ultimate in refined elegance.
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Even the second project, which was unled, uninspired, unnational, and almost unconscious, and which began and continued as though in obedience to some irresistible and unchangeable natural and economic law, assumed different shapes and semblances, as it blended or refused to blend with the patriotic projects of the idealists.
The Story of Newfoundland
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You may have heard of "irresistible" letters -- sales letters that would sell electric fans to Esquimaux or ice skates to Hawaiians, collection letters that make the thickest skinned debtor remit by return mail, and other kinds of resultful, masterful letters that pierce to the very soul.
How to Write Letters (Formerly The Book of Letters) A Complete Guide to Correct Business and Personal Correspondence
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It was a case of an irresistible force hitting an immovable object.
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That is the irresistible conclusion to be drawn from long-term trends like the household income data.
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But doctrinal changes were to become irresistible.
THE FOUR NATIONS: A History of the United Kingdom
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The pair prove as irresistible to each other as an itch to a scratch.
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A hearty one-pot rice-based dish is irresistible for obvious reasons: it is nutritionally all-inclusive; diverse in taste and texture; easy to the point of being almost idiot-proof.
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If superfood gateaux do not sound like irresistible decadence to you, you may, like me, be more of a bruncher.
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Add to elegantly appointed guest accommodation and you will see why this resort is simply irresistible.
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The frantic guitar strum, filtered through a wah-wah pedal, is irresistible and carries this song with speed and finesse.
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She wore a white muslin dress, a rose-colored sash, and rose-colored ribbons in the pretty cap on her head; her chemisette was moulded so deliciously by her shoulders and the loveliest rounded contours, that the sight of her awakened an irresistible desire of possession in the depths of the heart.
The Message
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Vegetables cooked on the grill develop an irresistible sweet and smoky taste.
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Given Mr Henshaw's evidence on the point, the conclusion is irresistible.
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For my part I have a sneaking suspicion that they have narcotics stashed into the software, for it simply is irresistible.
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But when it comes to love, a match of opposites could prove to be irresistible.
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But by progress must not be understood the imaginary and metaphysical _law of progress_, which should lead the generations of man with irresistible force to some unknown destiny, according to a providential plan which we can logically divine and understand.
Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic
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This is what happens when an irresistible force meets an impotent object.
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The way it's served gives it the attention it deserves: Perched in a 1930s egg cup, it becomes an irresistible emerald caviar.
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Franconian farmers switched to other crops, chiefly clover and hops, hence the irresistible rise of the Franconian brewing industry in this period.
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The logic seems irresistible, but it turns out to be wrong.
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No wonder Charlie finds him irresistible, though that attraction is something the film refuses to explore.
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It is a challenge that is proving almost irresistible to the wonderful winger.
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Public spending has an apparently irresistible momentum.
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Many feature spectacular limestone cliffs of the sort that rock climbers find irresistible.
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MEET DAVE – Reviewed by David November 26th, 2008  blogadmin The idea of Meet Dave probably proved irresistible on paper, but the movie Norbit director Brian Robbins makes out of it is painfully flat, unfunny and more adept at being product placement than entertainment.
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Their instantly recognisable voices make their own narration of their new books utterly irresistible.
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The allegoric dimension is irresistible - as darkness descends on film's old magic of chemistry and optics, its offspring, video, is coming into the light.
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The five musicians clustered close together, weaving in and out and applying a busy, irresistible chemistry to the vocal harmonies and complex musical parts at hand.
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The symptoms of senioritis include an all but irresistible urge to cut classes and ignore due dates for homework and presentations.
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Ruti Nkuna and her irresistible clan of children and adult kin guided, taught, buoyed, rescued, relaxed, chastened, and reassured me every step of the way in Magude.
Where Women Make History: Gendered Tellings of Community and Change in Magude, Mozambique
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Add to elegantly appointed guest accommodation and you will see why this resort is simply irresistible.
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Affordability, combined with accessibility, makes this market almost irresistible to those who discover it.
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Surely, since we would not intentionally create such disagreeableness, it must be the product of irresistible unconscious forces.
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Surely no one could look so damned irresistible after the day she'd had.
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Striking copper coloured bark on the stems and trunk peels off in large pieces to reveal lighter new bark below making it irresistible to stop and touch.
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It is an irresistible compulsion, driven by unshakeable guilt and the constant need for endorsement.
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But there is something irresistible about their shiny covers and undoubted front.
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The five musicians clustered close together, weaving in and out and applying a busy, irresistible chemistry to the vocal harmonies and complex musical parts at hand.
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a kind of falseness in her, she suffered though she had nothing to blush for; more than once an almost irresistible desire sprang up in her heart to tell everything without reserve, whatever might come of it afterwards.
On the Eve
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Public spending has an apparently irresistible momentum.
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Nearly all of his songs have an irresistible rhythm that just compels you to start moving.
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Then, a field of corn or a plantation of bananas makes an irresistible opportunity.
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People who work with computers sometimes feel an irresistible urge to predict the future.
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Parsnips also make a wonderful soup and terrific fritters, and their long, blond roots are irresistible if roasted until the skinny tails scorch to a crisp.
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It will set you back a pretty penny but should present an irresistible temptation for die-hard fanboys and fangirls alike.
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THERE'S something irresistible about the idea of a second home.
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It was perhaps the first and the bitterest indictment of the press's irresistible tendency to trade in human suffering under the rubric of ‘human interest’.
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As soon as they sit down and relax again, this irresistible urge returns.
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So today's clash between the promotion rivals pits the irresistible force against the immovable object.
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The tipang, a pork leg first steamed then cooked in the wok with delicious sauce and spices, is irresistible.
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He said this so quietly and with an air of calmness which contrasted so strongly with Mrs Dashwood's excitement, that Little Jim gave vent to an irresistible "sk" and blew his nose violently to distract attention from it.
Life in the Red Brigade London Fire Brigade
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This is what happens when an irresistible force meets an impotent object.
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Check out the irresistible floral and tweed sequined skirts, tweed platform sandals and brooch-clasped cardigans.
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The pair prove as irresistible to each other as an itch to a scratch.
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He is attacking an end to be irresistible, but he in defensive aspect diligently also praiseworthy.
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Familiar humming synths, irresistible hooks turn a tale of alien abduction into an intergalactic anthem.
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And here, yielding to an irresistible impulse, I wrote my name upon the nose of a steatite monster from
The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells
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It was an irresistible lure, like the quack of a decoy duck.
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Then the onslaught, the irresistible brightening, until everything exploded in a total, dazzling whiteout.
GRACE
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The effect was irresistible; and as the final "nevermore" was solemnly uttered the half-suppressed titter of two very young persons in a corner was responded to by a general laugh.
Stories of Authors, British and American
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So today's clash between the promotion rivals pits the irresistible force against the immovable object.
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So this is what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object.
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It was alive with two irresistible teases: proximity to celebre-lites and the highly intoxicating prospect of winning money!
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His irresistible impulse to set fire to shoe shop.
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WHEN the irresistible force meets the immovable object, something has to give.
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Irresistible forces seemed to compel Gates's rivals, driving them toward self-destruction.
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It is as if some irresistible force had pulled an enormous bung or plug out of the earth.
THE EARTH: An Intimate History
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So what happens when the irresistible desire to be different meets immovably similar tastes?
Your baby is unique, but her name isn't
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And he does it with irresistible charm, glee and heart.
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He is not the first to find the temptation irresistible.
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Emily wasn't exactly a Munro-bagger, but any time she'd chmbed a hill, it had been the same: an irresistible drive overriding considerations of comfort, fatigue, hunger or blistered heels.
Be My Enemy
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The Congolese singer Franco, backed by the all-powerful jazz orchestra of Kinshasa, unleashes irresistible soukous to commemorate a seventh wedding anniversary.
Readers recommend songs about anniversaries: The results
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Tax-cutting proposals could prove irresistible to lawmakers.
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It was as I entered the dark halo of the second outage that the urge to look back finally proved irresistible.
NIGHT SISTERS
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It was a case of an irresistible force hitting an immovable object.
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This perception, if we look to its origin, may turn out to be primitive; no doubt the feeling of "crude extensity" is an original sensation; every inference, association, and distinction is a thing that looms up suddenly before the mind, and the nature and actuality of which is a datum of what -- to indicate its irresistible immediacy and indescribability -- we may well call sense.
The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory
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While government intervention often has a short-term salutary effect, making it irresistible to politicians, in the end all governments—including our own—have had to conclude that more fundamental solutions are needed to attack the root of the problem, not just the symptoms.
Bush speaks.
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After 90 minutes waiting for the celebrity cook to whip his spatula out, the lure of onion bhajis proved irresistible.
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Geoff Miller, the national selector, watched each of his five spells closely, and although with a bit of luck Broad could have had more wickets as he mostly pitched the ball up on a green and helpful pitch, this fell well short of an irresistible case for selection as the third seamer behind James Anderson and Chris Tremlett – a role for which Tim Bresnan and Steven Finn are also challenging.
Nottinghamshire's Stuart Broad huffs and puffs for two Somerset scalps
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The Boca Beach Club presents the irresistible lure of staying and playing on the Atlantic seashore.
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I came upon an irresistible item at a yard sale.
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It was a case of an irresistible force hitting an immovable object.
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Camera phones and the net have proven an irresistible combination.
The Sun
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Wondrous stories are told of the amatorial passion for marble statues; but the wonder ceases, and the truth is established, when the irresistible ideal presence is comprehended; the visions which now bless these lovers of statues, in the modern land of sculpture, Italy, had acted with equal force in ancient Greece.
Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions
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Their insouciant attitude is compellingly, annoyingly irresistible.
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Mathews brilliantly traces the precise contours of her mood swings, their pace and imagery, their irrational, irresistible force.
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It did not disturb her faith in the winsomeness she took for granted being irresistible.
O: A Presidential Novel
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It puts up large, rather untidy leaves in the summer, they wither and vanish - and then, as the days start to shorten, overnight those irresistible, fleshy flower heads leap out of the soil.
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She wondered at what exactly women found so irresistible about the man beside her.
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Add to this stylish guest rooms fi t for royalty and you will fi nd this offer irresistible.
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‘I have told you something in a moment of irresistible desire to unburden my soul which all but a fool would have kept silent as the grave,’ [Mrs Charmond] said.
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Among the desserts, oatmeal raisin cookies and chunky brownies are good, but the buttery blondies loaded with chocolate chips and walnuts are irresistible ($1.50).
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The coalition hopes the combination of external economic sanctions and internal rebel pressure will prove irresistible.
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Skewered chunks of wahoo, a firm, white fish, come in a garlicky scampi butter that turns them irresistible.
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Castruccio's character is also well described: his devoted attachment to Euthanasia from which nothing could turn him, till the passions of the conqueror and party faction are still stronger; and the irresistible force which impels him to make war and subdue the Guelphs, which by her is regarded as murder and rapine, disunites beings seemingly formed for each other.
Mrs Shelley
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This surely has to be the nuttiest show on television and yet, somehow, it is completely irresistible.
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You are left wondering how anything as terrible as the anguish detailed in King's Crossing or Fond Farewell could inspire music this lovely, with its soaring choruses and beatific harmonies and irresistible pop sensibility.
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Any winged aircraft, from the smallest Cessna prop puppy to the biggest Boeing behemoth, was a romantic artifact, a swoozy sculpture, a sailing thing of irresistible appeal; but a helicopter ... a helicopter was like a funky old shoetree that a witch had caused to levitate.
Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates
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An admirable talker, 'raconteur', and mimic, with a wit's relish for wit, the charm of his good temper was irresistible.
The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1
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Vast pillars of smoke went up from the dozens of food stalls in the square, and the smells that rose with them were irresistible.
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The five musicians clustered close together, weaving in and out and applying a busy, irresistible chemistry to the vocal harmonies and complex musical parts at hand.
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Crane apparently has a propensity for rape and sexual exhibitionism but does not experience irresistible compulsions or an absolute volitional impairment.
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To teach your kids the value of rainforest products, stuff their stockings with Glee Gum's make-your-own-chewing-gum kit, an irresistible mess of sugar, syrup, flavoring, and chicle gum base from Central America's sapodilla trees.
Avital Binshtock: Green Gifts That Keep Giving
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This afternoon's Easter Road clash is not the only Edinburgh derby this weekend where immovable object meets irresistible force.
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But it turns out that the irresistible robot sound was also a big hit with the allies way back in World War II, when a not-so-young MC named Winston Churchill dropped some knowledge over a voice-masking gizmo called the vocoder—and pretty much ended the war.
Robo-Voice's Greatest Hits, or How Advanced Spy Tech Topped Music Charts
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The pair prove as irresistible to each other as an itch to a scratch.
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I came upon an irresistible item at a yard sale.
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After accidentally swallowing a certain brand of flake, you find you are irresistible to females.
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It seems as though the irresistible force has finally met an immovable object.
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Ertegun, a jet-setting sophisticate and sybarite who was hipper than his competitors, proved irresistible to rockers and their managers, and he landed the best and bestselling of the British bands including Cream, Led Zeppelin, and ultimately the Rolling Stones.
Fortune’s Fool
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It preoccupies me for a few seconds but the exhilaration of being pushed down the hallway is irresistible.
Valerie Sobel: Andre Sobel Essay Winner: Cancer Isn't a Battle you Fight by Yourself
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But circumstances are far from normal, which brings us back to the immovable object confronting these irresistible forces of stimulus.
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What can the Somalis do to resist this apparently irresistible force becomes slowly apparent.
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IT'S the irresistible force against the immovable object.
The Sun
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So this is what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object.
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Later the set phrase a bamboo is used to refer to irresistible force or victorious advance.
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Every thing concurred to signalize this, that God's name (that is, his incontestable sovereignty, his irresistible power, and his inflexible justice) might be declared throughout all the earth, not only to all places, but through all ages while the earth remains.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume I (Genesis to Deuteronomy)
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Effective, too, is Mare Winningham as Sheila, a mentally disabled woman whom Norman is courting with irresistible naivete.
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It is as if some irresistible force had pulled an enormous bung or plug out of the earth.
THE EARTH: An Intimate History
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The author is simply too much of a buffoon, too transparent a trickster, too irresistible a conman, to be dislikeable.
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It is also a pleasure to be invited to revisit the work of authors who delighted me when young: "Sapper" H.C. McNeile and his splendidly ridiculous hero, Bulldog Drummond; Baroness Orczy and her equally absurd but irresistible Scarlet Pimpernel; and that master of wildly romantic adventure, Rafael Sabatini.
The Case of the Missing Adventure Story
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Mr. Shindo's film appeals on many levels, but what makes it irresistible is its exquisite melding of stark black-and-white cinematography and intensely evocative sound design, in which the continually rustling vegetation is virtually an additional character.
Haunting Films From Japan
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Men getting glammed up and lip-synching to bad pop music just has an almost irresistible ironic appeal.
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However, honesty and integrity are not common traits to many, especially when the prize is irresistible.
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It seems as though the irresistible force has finally met an immovable object.
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The pair prove as irresistible to each other as an itch to a scratch.
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The combination of fruit and a magical touch of oak is irresistible, especially with new-season lamb.