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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More intriguing will be how each player uses their new affinity for the other’s calling card, as an efficient winning machine and a great showman meet — just not in the way tennis fans would have expected.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
Whether any of them accept his challenge remains to be seen, but Till’s entry into this space adds another intriguing player to the mix.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
McCarthy, 61, instantly became one of the more intriguing names in this hiring cycle.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
For years, the U.S. space agency's Perseverance rover has been scouring Mars and scooping up intriguing rock samples.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
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Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
Whether any of them accept his challenge remains to be seen, but Till’s entry into this space adds another intriguing player to the mix.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
McCarthy, 61, instantly became one of the more intriguing names in this hiring cycle.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
For years, the U.S. space agency's Perseverance rover has been scouring Mars and scooping up intriguing rock samples.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Intriguing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intriguing. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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