Example sentences for: allure

How can you use “allure” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • I've never seen a more vivid distillation of rock's allure than the scene in which he reverently opens the new Brian Slade album--its centerfold image is a lithe, naked, green-tinged Maxwell Demon--slips the vinyl out of its paper jacket and, after gingerly setting the LP on the turntable, props a chair under the doorknob to keep the uncomprehending world at bay.

  • Lukacs, a distinguished historian of modern Europe, has reflected perceptively in previous books on the Nazi leader's hypnotic allure.

  • Puerto Rico is an island of contrasts, perhaps the only destination in the Caribbean where the city streets hold as much allure as the beaches.

  • Part of the city’s allure is its setting, where Europe faces Asia acr­oss the winding turquoise waters of the Bosphorus, making it the only city in the world to bridge two continents.

  • Second, the allure of pregnancy for many other poor teen-agers may be so slight, or so fleeting, or so fraught with ambivalence, that a $1,000 Norplant incentive would have plenty of takers.


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