intriguing
adjective
in·trigu·ing
in-ˈtrē-giŋ 
: engaging the interest to a marked degree : fascinating
an intriguing story
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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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The shelves above it have a display of intriguing objects that don’t overwhelm the room; the mirror reflects daylight, but not at eye level which could be distracting.
—Nicolas Milon, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024
For Jones, who plays Brody’s character’s wife, Erzsébet, that’s what was most intriguing for her.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2024
However, one of the most intriguing marks is unrelated to protection.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
One of the most intriguing items is the strands of hair of Washington, the very first US president, who died in 1799.
—Reuters, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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Nicolas Milon, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024
For Jones, who plays Brody’s character’s wife, Erzsébet, that’s what was most intriguing for her.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2024
However, one of the most intriguing marks is unrelated to protection.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
One of the most intriguing items is the strands of hair of Washington, the very first US president, who died in 1799.
—Reuters, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Intriguing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intriguing. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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