For Krens, Saadiyat represented an irresistible opportunity.
But for the three villagers killed in the attack, at least, the canyon represented an irresistible lure.
That is because the Mystery Monkey, in his wiliness and determination to elude the authorities, represented an irresistible yearning for freedom.
Sachs had read all about Dertu, and for him the place represented an irresistible challenge: "I mean, what we are starting with here is a baseline that is not only below normal standards, but below minimum standards".
The iPod Nano may represent an irresistible combination of enticing design, futuristic technology and sledgehammer marketing, but does Mr. Roosevelt have a point?
In town-hall-style meetings here and in Glasgow on Tuesday, Mr. Clegg hammered home his now-familiar theme: that the election represents an irresistible opportunity for an apathetic, disillusioned public to inject a new voice into what has long been a political duopoly.
"She [also] represents the irresistible idiocy of consumer culture, hardwired to our neurological system.
And because it's a cheap and easily attainable high, it has come to represent an irresistible escape for many people in the country who struggle to see a future for themselves.
From the medieval tale of Tristan and Iseut to modern films like Mississippi Mermaid and The Woman Next Door, love is represented as an irresistible fate against which it is useless to rebel.
They can be irresistible.
