alluring
adjective
al·lur·ing
ə-ˈlu̇r-iŋ 
: having a strongly attractive or enticing quality
an alluring smile/aroma
an alluring prospect
Her appeal for him was that of the frail and alluring woman.—
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alluringly
adverb
smiled alluringly
an alluringly colorful display
Examples of alluring in a Sentence
the alluring beauty of the swans on the lake held us spellbound
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—Dan Bilefsky, HollywoodReporter, 21 Mar. 2026
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—Literary Hub, 17 Mar. 2026
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Dan Bilefsky, HollywoodReporter, 21 Mar. 2026
For this new study, Ryan and his colleagues wanted to know if human preferences for certain animal calls—including those alluring calls from male túngara frogs—correlate with the preferences of female animals.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2026
The last two mini-albums from the Tara Clerkin Trio—2021’s In Spring and 2023’s On the Turning Ground—are so alluring and elusive that tagging them with genres feels like putting little stickers on the hull of a ship.
—Jeremy D. Larson, Pitchfork, 18 Mar. 2026
But why, in the dream, is Cesar Romero moving toward me with the alluring ferocity of Anne Francis, the star of Honey West?
—Literary Hub, 17 Mar. 2026
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“Alluring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alluring. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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