Sentence examples for lack of allure from inspiring English sources

The grape is much derided for its lack of allure, particularly when overcropped, resulting in thin, dark, acidic, tannic wines of — big surprise — little charm.

Was there ever a time before Fear of Aging, a time when the lines in a woman's face attested to her character rather than to her lack of allure?

Mr. Guelfi's lucid, engaging acting compensated for a lack of tonal allure.

Studies that combine a variety of threads to make big conclusions "lack the allure of new field research," the report concedes.

And perhaps human life, or its facsimile, lacks the allure of the larger world, or its facsimile.

Unlike Croatia, with its stunning coastline, or Sarajevo, with its airy hills, Macedonia has struggled for the world's attention since gaining independence in 1991 and lacks the allure of a must-see destination.

If this lacks the allure of mathematics -- Keller asks whether seeing is believing -- well, we can understand how a car engine works without resort to the mathematics of dynamics and physical chemistry.

Silver medallions are nice, but they lack the valuable allure of government-issue coins.

One will hear a superbly wrought large-scale late Romantic symphony that, if it lacks the immediate allure of, say, Rachmaninoff's Second or Franz Schmidt's Fourth, holds its own against those works in sweep, seriousness and orchestral splendor.

"Modernity" in its current unadulterated form with a lack of community, homogeneity and disconnect from the natural world could be losing its allure for millions of Americans.

Beneath the allure of elegance lives the demon that is safety, a lack of daring that proves reckless in itself.