| A 1925 Western Times think piece begins: One of the most marked characteristics of this present century is the competition fever, which holds a big proportion of the population under its allurement. |
| And yet association with him presented the allurement of a dangerous adventure. |
| Her mediumship, so vital to the world, so sacred in his eyes, had but added to her allurement. |
| And yet such things had been his one allurement as a young man. |
| Happiness is a transient condition that vanishes the moment it's in your grip, when another allurement emerges that goads you on inexorably. |
| She met me with a full open gaze, as devoid of allurement as it was of repellence and hauteur. |
