According to the defense, the police and the media had been seduced by the most alluring story rather than by the truth.
The Brattons were an alluring story not only because of their immense talent, but also because they were African-American stars in a sport that Virginia Coach Dom Starisa described as "lily white".
Somewhere in the course of this bizarre tale, the novel degenerates from an alluring story of imagination into a kind of gothic melodrama.
As you tour Temeria (one part Scottish highlands, one part Idaho plains), following your primary quest objectives, you happen upon scores of alluring offshoot stories.
The Harry Potter series had an alluring creation story, known to all fans: in 1990, on a delayed train between Manchester and London, Rowling was overwhelmed by the thought of a boy who learns, at the age of eleven, that he is a wizard.
It's an "alluring" fishing story.
After the alluring dolls, the story's main character is the shape-shifting red cloak, last seen spiraling behind Santa's sleigh as it takes to the night sky.
Seeking ways to make a grim story alluring, Mr. Libatique and Mr. Aronofsky came up with what they call "hip-hop montages" -- rapid-fire sequences of images, like the repetitive riffs in hip-hop music, that recur in the film.
The narrative dominoes fall with masterly precision once Toby Bell returns, and by the time he's joined by Kit's alluring daughter the story settles into classic conspiracy thriller territory, the two of them racing to assemble evidence before they can be silenced by the men who pull the strings.
