engaging
adjective
en·gag·ing
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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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Founded in 2015, the Breakthrough Junior Challenge is a science video contest that encourages students to create engaging and imaginative videos that demonstrate difficult scientific concepts and theories in the physical or life sciences.
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Gabrielle Chenault, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Dec. 2025
The rye’s intrinsic black pepper, vanilla, oak, and maple notes also shine through, making this a thoroughly engaging sipper.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2025
The event was organized and hosted by the IEEE Educational Activities preuniversity education coordinating committee, whose mission is to foster outreach to school-age children worldwide by helping educators and IEEE volunteers create engaging activities.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2025
Rivers loves on-field give and take and trash talk, albeit without profanity, and is an engaging personality.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 19 Dec. 2025
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Gabrielle Chenault, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Dec. 2025
The rye’s intrinsic black pepper, vanilla, oak, and maple notes also shine through, making this a thoroughly engaging sipper.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2025
The event was organized and hosted by the IEEE Educational Activities preuniversity education coordinating committee, whose mission is to foster outreach to school-age children worldwide by helping educators and IEEE volunteers create engaging activities.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2025
Rivers loves on-field give and take and trash talk, albeit without profanity, and is an engaging personality.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 19 Dec. 2025
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 31 Dec. 2025.
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