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But, hopefully, the insurance population will never have to be used, hopefully these bizarre beings will continue swimming in their little mountaintop lake for eons to come, gobbling up whatever gets too close and beguiling us with their many chromosomes.
Parts of Britain, particularly those well-served by current links, will see fewer and slower services to the capital once the new line is running.The idea of super-fast trains is beguiling : Ms Greening has evoked the Victorians, who built Britain's existing (and still rather good) network.
It makes for a thrilling read.In this section Tower power Between the buildings The city beckons The best of cities, the worst of cities Jackpot jailbird Cruel and beguiling muse Star light, star bright ReprintsSeveral themes become apparent.
William St Clair deserves some sort of medal (Disorder of the British Empire, perhaps) for sifting through records and ledgers, and assembling so beguiling a description of its cruel career.He is careful in his discussion of slavery, describing the gross inhumanity involved, but avoiding a too rapid or too simple assignment of blame.
Freed from its all-absorbing Iraqi entanglement, America could focus more on a broader strategy against terrorism, one that might include fostering democracy in the wider region and doing more to win back Muslim hearts and minds, not least by delivering an independent Palestine.It is a beguiling argument.
Many say Indian business culture, while beguiling , is less accessible that it first seems.
The rest of its network failed to pull its weight.Letsbuyit's business model was beguiling , but it failed to catch on.
Likewise when a childless woman kidnaps an infant from a grocery shop, she is lured into klepto-motherhood by the baby's beguiling pink outfit, only to discover the squalling bundle is a boy: "'Hypocrite!' I said to him.
The idea of changing the world by voting with your trolley may be beguiling.
Whether exiled, snubbed by their colonial masters or merely trembling defiantly before their truculent volcano, they offer a reminder to mainlanders everywhere that island life is not all it is cracked up to be.For many people, few places are as beguiling as an island.
In fact, her life was beguiling because of the misfortunes she coped with.
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The word "beguiling" functions primarily as an adjective , modifying nouns to describe something as charming or enchanting, often in a subtly deceptive way. Ludwig AI confirms its appropriate use in modifying various nouns to add an element of captivating deception, as seen in several examples.
Expression frequency: Very common
