engaging
adjective
en·gag·ing
in-ˈgā-jiŋ 
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: tending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive
an engaging smile
Examples of engaging in a Sentence
movie stars often have an engaging aura that is hard to describe
a movie with an engaging story that will hold your interest for a couple of hours
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Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Regular magic devotees such as myself will have seen all of his tricks before, in the raw sense, but his show is highly engaging nonetheless because of his ability to live in the moment and react in a live way to what is going on in the room.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
Learn to Roll Together at Komodo’s Sushi Masterclass Cooking together has long been considered one of the most engaging activities couples can share, and Komodo takes that concept to the next level.
—Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2026
The complaint alleges that Gavalas’s psychosis stemmed from engineering choices made by Google to make Gemini more engaging and lifelike.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 4 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for engaging
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“Engaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/engaging. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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