Sentence examples for allurements from inspiring English sources
So, despite the state's genuine allurements, such as the beauty of its lakes, the renowned placidity of its people and its top-notch public-education system, it has yet to see a big influx of new, highly skilled workers.
The burden of office weighed heavy.Behind the scenes, too, the pure president was caving in to the allurements of his job.
London's direct-access hostels have converted dormitories into single rooms, which means fewer beds (about 3,000 today, compared with almost 10,000 in the early 1980s) but more enticing ones.Lest the homeless remain unimpressed by these allurements, the pros of indoor facilities are aggressively touted.
In the patriarch Ignatius (847 858; 867–877) they discovered a spokesman after their own hearts: one drawn from the monastic ranks and contemptuous of all the allurements that the world of secular learning seemed to offer.
There was also an intense and vivid communal life, much preferred to outside allurements, with choir-outings, concerts, harvest festivals, feasts, penny-dances and junkets galore.
Among the curious allurements of the Texoma Game Club is that it's a strictly-within-the-law establishment whose operators have cultivated the coy ambiance of a speakeasy... Writer interviews James Tally, the president of the Gamefowl Breeders Association and meets proprietors Roy and Judy, who explain they are not anxious to see their last names in print.
Some states in India have passed "anti-conversion" laws banning evangelists from using force or "allurement"—code for Christians and Muslims converting Hindu untouchables, who tend to get a raw deal under the caste system.
IN AN effort to discourage the conversion of low-caste Hindus to Islam and Christianity, the government of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu passed a local law on October 5th banning such conversions if they are made by force or "allurement".
The pelage is significant in several respects: as insulation; as a guard against injury; and, in its coloration and pattern, as a species adornment for mutual recognition among species members, concealment from enemies, or, in the case of many males, as a sexual allurement to promote courtship and mating.
By asserting that nature has a value in and of itself, Francis is overturning centuries of theological interpretation that regarded the natural world with outright hostility — as a misery to be transcended and an "allurement" to be resisted.
The new allurement — the enticement meant to flutter the secret heart of today's hotel guest, to provide a luxury so lusted-for that it feels almost illicit — was inside the gauzy bag on the bed: tools and advice on how to achieve that all-but-impossible dream, a decent night's sleep.
