Sentence examples for at once inviting from inspiring English sources

It is at once inviting and aloof, signature American qualities, it seems to me.

In short, he brought a sense of China that was at once inviting, puzzling and pathetic.

Around her Ms. Dorrance sent dancers circling, holding down the beat in a manner at once inviting and threatening.

By calling his book "Democracy in Europe" he is at once inviting comparisons with, and perhaps hoping for comparisons to, Alexis de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America".

"Say you have a 'special child,' " the book begins, at once inviting us in folksy terms to suppose this to be the case and commanding us to summon the child into existence through the sheer act of saying so.

I remember once inviting my girlfriend of the time on location at Cheltenham College.

In interviews, Monáe sometimes speaks as Cindi, at once evading and inviting questions.

Her equally impressive paintings enormous waves and barely perceptible sharks are at once seductive and inviting as well as moody and menacing.

Adam Newton's new Chelsea restaurant, in a landmarked carriage house that once belonged to Elisha Brooks, of Brooks Brothers, manages to be at once glitzy and low-key, inviting and exclusive.

By Liesl Schillinger Adam Newton's new Chelsea restaurant, in a landmarked carriage house that once belonged to Elisha Brooks, of Brooks Brothers, manages to be at once glitzy and low-key, inviting and exclusive.

Or maybe it was seeing an image of the Blue Lagoon, otherworldly, eerie and inviting all at once.