But when the aging buildings and their fire escapes shimmer in the morning light, it's a place of urban beauty, alluring like an Edward Hopper painting.
They seem content, to borrow Ida's description of herself, "to be there and alluring like the view, like the sea".
Some of those in the public eye – it never seems to be anyone desperately alluring like George Clooney or Christy Turlington – seem to think that we're burning to know how many different people they've had sex with.
As I made my way through the final chapters, I began to feel like Walter Berglund, trapped in an unending marriage to this moody, depressive, Patty-like novel, while alluring, Lalitha-like books — "Unbroken," "Room," "Tinkers," etc. — pressed themselves on me.
Throughout, Ms. Luengo is alluring, with a voice that sounds like a whisper, even when she's at top volume.
Melissa Walter was alluring in a cameo role.
They come in bright, jewel-like colors and alluring flavors like melon, quince, black mulberry, rose and pear.
Ninety years ago, Theda Bara, the original movie vamp, lured men to their doom, but Bara, even at her most alluring, looked like a sweet young woman dutifully doing a job.
And at about $48,000 so equipped, it is something of a performance bargain, with pricing on par with far less alluring models, like a generously spec'd Hyundai Genesis V6.
