allured

past tense of allure

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Recent Examples of allured Born and raised in rural America, the Native American and Czech actress has been allured by the classic Western lifestyle since childhood. Jason Phillips, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
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Verb
  • Later, Noone would tell the authorities that Scott had been fascinated by the famed British mathematician Alan Turing, who died by cyanide poisoning, in what was ruled a suicide, after being prosecuted for his homosexuality.
    Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • European sailors of that era were fascinated by the rich trading cities of Asia, which had been known from Marco Polo’s travels.
    The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Some may be tempted to quote Warren Buffett as a counterpoint, who was famously skeptical on the utility of gold.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Like some of the other band members, he was tempted to follow.
    Ivan Kashinsky, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And, that, my friends, will be the cause of much celebration if he could ever be enticed to perform at, say, the National Theatre, the Royal Court or the Almeida or the Donmar or in the commercial West End.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
  • In the chain’s most recent earnings call last month, Kempczinski said customers more than doubled their visits after joining the program, enticed by discounts.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Countless service members were seduced by the region’s beauty and fair weather and chose to settle here.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Models walking his sultry runway seduced the audience in beautiful suiting, a dress with a plunging neckline that mirrored an equally high slit.
    Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Like everyone else who watched it, I was charmed by her sense of humor, her enthusiasm, and her understanding of Southern culture.
    Sid Evans, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Your little prince and princess will be charmed by these pumpkins straight from a fairy tale.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Weiss is only in the earliest part of her tenure, but her presence at CBS News is already spurring scrutiny of a news division that hasn’t been seen since NBC News lured Megyn Kelly there from Fox News Channel in 2017.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Collins, a 20-year-old with a cognitive disability, died after prosecutors said she was lured to an apartment and stabbed 133 times.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Let yourself be enchanted by the possibilities, but also anchor them — sketch the dream, but also build the frame to hold it.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 12 Oct. 2025
  • He and his mother, the late Eve Branson, were enchanted.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But Putin will not be persuaded by bluster and self-congratulation alone.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
  • In Bohn's case, after he was contacted on Facebook, the perpetrator persuaded him to move the conversation to Telegram.
    Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Allured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allured. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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