Literary notes about Enticing (AI summary)
In literature, "enticing" functions as a multifaceted adjective that imbues settings, characters, and abstract ideas with an alluring magnetism. Authors often use it to describe sensory or natural landscapes that captivate the beholder—places so bewitching they seem almost dangerous in their allure ([1], [2], [3]). At the level of character and human interaction, "enticing" can convey irresistible charm or seduction, as when a glance or a smile draws one in with both beauty and mystery ([4], [5], [6]). Moreover, the term is employed to underscore complex moral conundrums, where promises or temptations carry a dual nature of attraction and peril, thus deepening the narrative’s emotional and ethical landscape ([7], [8], [9]).
- The afternoon was too enticing—too charged with a dangerous spell.
— from Sunlight Patch by Credo Fitch Harris - There was still much woodland in Macomb County in the year 1857, and in autumn the woods were most enticing.
— from The Wolf's Long Howl by Stanley Waterloo - The water along the road was beautiful pearly springs and pebbly brooks on every side, which was enticing to look at.
— from An Artilleryman's Diary by Jenkins Lloyd Jones - Who in the world could it be? That merry eye looked very enticing.
— from Eve to the Rescue by Ethel Hueston - Her eyes were alluring and enticing, but whoever looked upon them became her slave.
— from The Oera Linda Book, from a Manuscript of the Thirteenth Century - Rosalie was an enticing-looking brunette, above the middle height.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova - He was detected in the fact of corrupting and enticing the soldiers to desert.
— from Life of Joseph Brant—Thayendanegea (Vol. I.)
Including the Border Wars of the American Revolution and Sketches of the Indian Campaigns of Generals Harmar, St. Clair, and Wayne; And Other Matters Connected with the Indian Relations of the United States and Great Britain, from the Peace of 1783 to the Indian Peace of 1795 by William L. (William Leete) Stone - But that corporeal light whereof I spake, it seasoneth the life of this world for her blind lovers, with an enticing and dangerous sweetness.
— from The Confessions of St. Augustine by Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine - Well, what sort of bringing-up can you give your babes if you do not overcome the temptation of the devil, enticing you to infidelity?”
— from Anna Karenina by graf Leo Tolstoy