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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There’s a beguiling dissonance between the hushed voiceover and the images of ships carrying cables and dropping them in the ocean for the internet to reach the island.
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—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026
Viewers will be pleased to find three seasons' worth of cases that are properly beguiling and sometimes a bit spooky.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Mar. 2026
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Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 24 Mar. 2026
There’s a beguiling dissonance between the hushed voiceover and the images of ships carrying cables and dropping them in the ocean for the internet to reach the island.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s All of a Sudden Ryusuke Hamaguchi‘s first French-language feature — and his follow-up to the beguiling Venice Silver Lion winner Evil Does Not Exist — is a co-production between France, Japan, Germany and Belgium that was shot in Paris and Kyoto.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026
Viewers will be pleased to find three seasons' worth of cases that are properly beguiling and sometimes a bit spooky.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Mar. 2026
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 31 Mar. 2026.
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