intriguing
adjective
in·trigu·ing
in-ˈtrē-giŋ 
: engaging the interest to a marked degree : fascinating
an intriguing story
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Examples of intriguing in a Sentence
The Huns are intriguing not only because of their notoriously hawkish history, but also because of their place as middlemen between Mongol and Turkic ethnicity.
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Victor L. Mote, Siberia, 1998
The next two phases of the Cambrian … mark the strangest, most important, and most intriguing of all episodes in the fossil record of animals—the short interval known as the Cambrian explosion …
—Stephen Jay Gould, Natural History, July/August 1998
The folklorist Jan Brunvand has documented hundreds of "urban legends," intriguing stories that everyone swears happened to a friend of a friend … and that circulate for years in nearly identical form in city after city, but that can never be documented as real events.
—Steven Pinker, The Language Instinct, 1994
The offer is very intriguing.
an intriguing concept that should engender much debate among climatologists
Victor L. Mote, Siberia, 1998
The next two phases of the Cambrian … mark the strangest, most important, and most intriguing of all episodes in the fossil record of animals—the short interval known as the Cambrian explosion …
—Stephen Jay Gould, Natural History, July/August 1998
The folklorist Jan Brunvand has documented hundreds of "urban legends," intriguing stories that everyone swears happened to a friend of a friend … and that circulate for years in nearly identical form in city after city, but that can never be documented as real events.
—Steven Pinker, The Language Instinct, 1994
The offer is very intriguing.
an intriguing concept that should engender much debate among climatologists
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On Friday night, the promotion announced an intriguing welterweight pitting No. 7 Ian Machado Garry against No. 9 Joaquin Buckley.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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— Louisiana students Ne’Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson discovered a new way to prove the 2,000-year-old Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry, formerly thought impossible by experts.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
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—Becca Longmire, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Exploring different cuisines and intriguing restaurants are mainstays of travel enjoyment.
—Sarah Garone, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Nov. 2024
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Brian Mazique, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Leave a comment View Comments Catch up on these intriguing stories:
— Louisiana students Ne’Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson discovered a new way to prove the 2,000-year-old Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry, formerly thought impossible by experts.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
Click here to get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Exploring different cuisines and intriguing restaurants are mainstays of travel enjoyment.
—Sarah Garone, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Intriguing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intriguing. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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