intriguing
adjective
in·trigu·ing
in-ˈtrē-giŋ 
: engaging the interest to a marked degree : fascinating
an intriguing story
Examples of intriguing in a Sentence
The Huns are intriguing not only because of their notoriously hawkish history, but also because of their place as middlemen between Mongol and Turkic ethnicity.
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Victor L. Mote, Siberia, 1998
The next two phases of the Cambrian … mark the strangest, most important, and most intriguing of all episodes in the fossil record of animals—the short interval known as the Cambrian explosion …
—Stephen Jay Gould, Natural History, July/August 1998
The folklorist Jan Brunvand has documented hundreds of "urban legends," intriguing stories that everyone swears happened to a friend of a friend … and that circulate for years in nearly identical form in city after city, but that can never be documented as real events.
—Steven Pinker, The Language Instinct, 1994
The offer is very intriguing.
an intriguing concept that should engender much debate among climatologists
Victor L. Mote, Siberia, 1998
The next two phases of the Cambrian … mark the strangest, most important, and most intriguing of all episodes in the fossil record of animals—the short interval known as the Cambrian explosion …
—Stephen Jay Gould, Natural History, July/August 1998
The folklorist Jan Brunvand has documented hundreds of "urban legends," intriguing stories that everyone swears happened to a friend of a friend … and that circulate for years in nearly identical form in city after city, but that can never be documented as real events.
—Steven Pinker, The Language Instinct, 1994
The offer is very intriguing.
an intriguing concept that should engender much debate among climatologists
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Fulton covers sections of the city east of the 101 Freeway, writing voicey blurbs that collect upcoming events, intriguing real-estate listings, and niche celebrity gossip.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
That’s an intriguing philosophical swerve for the series that, however late arriving, paves the way for an unexpectedly moving epilogue after God honors Aziraphale and Crowley’s request to remake the universe as a place without gods or demons.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 13 May 2026
Elsewhere, two of YouTube’s most intriguing new creators have new work.
—Peter White, Deadline, 13 May 2026
Businessman and real estate agent Dan Thornberg has an intriguing sales pitch for a house he’s just listed.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2026
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Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
That’s an intriguing philosophical swerve for the series that, however late arriving, paves the way for an unexpectedly moving epilogue after God honors Aziraphale and Crowley’s request to remake the universe as a place without gods or demons.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 13 May 2026
Elsewhere, two of YouTube’s most intriguing new creators have new work.
—Peter White, Deadline, 13 May 2026
Businessman and real estate agent Dan Thornberg has an intriguing sales pitch for a house he’s just listed.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2026
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“Intriguing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intriguing. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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