beguiling
adjective
be·guil·ing
bi-ˈgī-liŋ 
bē-
: agreeably or charmingly attractive or pleasing
a beguiling manner
a beguiling aroma
… it's safe to say that the Balkans have never produced a politician so beguiling.—
Jane Kramer
Jane Kramer
beguilingly
adverb
The restaurant is physically attractive, dishes are beguilingly presented, and the cuisine is always logically inventive, often inspired, sometimes sublime.
—Jay Jacobs
Jay Jacobs
Examples of beguiling in a Sentence
a smart and beguiling child who can manipulate her parents with alarming ease
the beguiling allure of a life of crime
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Burton’s sophomore show for Givenchy earlier this month was equally beguiling.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
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Longtime Vogue readers can likely recognize Steven Klein’s photographs at a glance, what with their glaring colors, arresting compositions, and beguiling sense of unreality.
—Vogue, 7 Oct. 2025
With surreal flourishes and bursts of absurdity, filmmaker Milagros Mumenthaler casts a beguiling, dreamlike spell that delicately examines motherhood, class and identity.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2025
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Miles Socha, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
The creative gimmick mirrored the rules of the game in the film — about a 1970s-era fascist America in which boys volunteer to compete in a walking marathon for a beguiling cash prize — albeit with notably less fatal consequences.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2025
Longtime Vogue readers can likely recognize Steven Klein’s photographs at a glance, what with their glaring colors, arresting compositions, and beguiling sense of unreality.
—Vogue, 7 Oct. 2025
With surreal flourishes and bursts of absurdity, filmmaker Milagros Mumenthaler casts a beguiling, dreamlike spell that delicately examines motherhood, class and identity.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for beguiling
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“Beguiling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beguiling. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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