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as in allurement
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as in fascination
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beguilement
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The 2000s brought works centered around cars and boats, subjects of lifelong fascination for Grosvenor.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
11 Sep. 2025 -
The hearing was the third in as many years in the halls of Congress since fiery testimony in July 2023 reignited public fascination in UFOs – not to mention the possibility that aliens are piloting them.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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The number of reports of online enticement, a category that includes sextortion, grew by more than 300% between 2021 and 2023.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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In the Song of Songs (sometimes referred to as the Song of Solomon or the Canticle of Canticles), a poem in the Hebrew Bible about two lovers, the fruit remains connected to beauty, love, and enticement.—
Demir Alp,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Aug. 2025
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And when the offer comes, don’t rely on flattery.—
Lien De Pau,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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In aggregate, users favored responses full of agreement and flattery.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
25 Aug. 2025
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Childhood is a time of enchantment, and a mother is a daughter’s first sorceress—omnipotent, enthralling, sometimes alarmingly so.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
3 Sep. 2025
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Many modern and contemporary writers are drawn to the villanelle as a way to circle around their subject matter, exploring obsession, enchantment, brooding, or the slow work of untangling a difficult emotion.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
19 Aug. 2025
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By the end of the film, a running joke where Resident 5B, due to his thick Danish accent, cannot say Aurora’s name properly becomes a term of endearment between the two, who form a new family from the broken pieces of their own.—
Marya E. Gates,
IndieWire,
9 Sep. 2025
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Divorce now is in the cards, but the terms are anything but of endearment.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
25 Aug. 2025
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For those with prostates, perineal stimulation can also indirectly create deep arousal and enhance orgasm.—
Essence,
Essence,
11 Sep. 2025
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Weimaraners are another high-energy option, requiring both mental and physical stimulation.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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Liu, for her part, takes this adulation in stride.—
Brett Berk,
Robb Report,
10 Sep. 2025
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Following the premiere screening, Elordi, his director, and castmates Oscar Isaac and Mia Goth bask in the adulation of the crowd, and the Euphoria star wipes tears from his eyes, as video captured by The Hollywood Reporter shows.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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The movie is a wry look at the petty foibles of life, the fears and neuroses that can impede a person’s path to fulfillment and enlightenment.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Sep. 2025
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Trust that there is a sense of enlightenment waiting for you on the other side of this detour.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Beguilement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beguilement. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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