How to Use alluring in a Sentence

alluring

adjective
  • The catchiest song on the album, this snappy track ebbs and flows in the most alluring way.
    Jennifer McClellan, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Yes, this may mean saving up longer before trying to buy a home but seeing more cash upfront can be alluring to sellers.
    cleveland, 20 Mar. 2021
  • With an airy and alluring lushness, Lovette has always been a sparkling presence at City Ballet.
    New York Times, 8 Mar. 2021
  • With so many of us desperate to get back to life as usual and to keep our families safe, the techno-solutionism can be alluring.
    Albert Fox Cahn, Wired, 2 Mar. 2021
  • That unwillingness to abide by history’s set of rules, to sidestep its insistence on fact, is its most alluring bit of fiction.
    Jason Parham, Wired, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Comfort food has been especially alluring during the pandemic, for parents and kids alike.
    Christina Caron, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2021
  • Hue by Hayley launched in March, giving everyone the chance to smell as alluring and beautiful as Kiyoko.
    Tatjana Freund, Marie Claire, 10 Mar. 2021
  • There's a century-long country and pop musical lineage of heartbroken young women taking alluring mates turned exes-as-lessons learned to task.
    Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Equally alluring were the white leather gloves, offered a subversive and very 2021 remix of the classic accessory.
    Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Players can get caught looking forward to the midseason vacation, although that probably is less alluring during a pandemic.
    Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Mar. 2021
  • As a young, suddenly free, suddenly celebrated writer from a working-class background, Tove has an alluring luster.
    Deborah Eisenberg, The New York Review of Books, 9 Mar. 2021
  • But one of the most alluring things about her is her sense of humor.
    Derek Blasberg, WSJ, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Adding to the alluring look is the slight cowl neckline and sleek spaghetti straps.
    Gabrielle Porcaro, Travel + Leisure, 11 Sep. 2023
  • That body is as alluring as any found on an Italian car of the era.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 9 May 2022
  • But there’s one thing even more alluring to Brew than beef.
    Sarah Todd, Quartz, 14 June 2021
  • The men make the brand look fun, exciting and alluring.
    Morgan Korn, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • One of the most alluring traits of any Ferrari is that since the beginning they’ve been built to go fast.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Staffers milled about with small plates and alluring cocktails, which Rees says, are meant to be the focus here.
    Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2024
  • That is what makes shipwrecks so alluring, said Gates: They’re frozen in time.
    Lauren McCarthy, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
  • But Friday’s heat in the D.C. came close to average, and in such a month as this one, that seemed alluring.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
  • The band takes it from an alluring tune to an annoying fist-pumper.
    Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Keeping Away Pests The alluring smell of a fresh cup of joe does not have the same effect on insects and pests like snails and slugs.
    Joey Skladany, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Read on for more on readers' pick for first place, Cape Town's alluring Cape Grace.
    Lila Battis, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2021
  • The landscape has the alluring glow of a saltwater farm.
    BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2021
  • This time around, Stone added an alluring pause that oozed with new tension.
    Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
  • All of it served in an alluring den with rows of potted plants lining either side of the back bar.
    Brad Japhe, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Still, the buttery fabric was so alluring that even our bustier testers kept pulling this bra out of the pile.
    Ariella Gintzler, Outside Online, 27 May 2022
  • For now, you’re left to dream (or shudder?) over the atypical and alluring items bound to attract crowds at the 2023 State Fair of Texas.
    Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The idea of seeing the Northern Lights dance across the night sky is most certainly alluring.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Prove that with travel-size beauty essentials, an alluring scent for home or the body and a sweet (or spicy) treat.
    Essence, 29 Nov. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'alluring.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: