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• She got lost in a web of international intrigue.From the entry web
• She tried to remain aloof from courtly intrigues.From the entry courtly
• Unlike most decipherers, though, she was particularly intrigued when proved wrong.2023, Zadie Smith, The Fraud, Hamish Hamilton, page 145. From the entry decipherer
• What diner won't be intrigued when they read Copi tacos or Copi burgers on a menu?"2022 June 22, Jelisa Castrodale, quoting Colleen Callahan, “What Is Copi? A New Name for an Invasive Fish”, in Food&Wine. From the entry copi
• So in a stealth, surreptitious move of intrigue, he had named us the Golliwogs.2015, John Fogerty, Fortunate Son, New York: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 145. From the entry British Invasion
• You've intrigued me with the idea that certain parables are often misinterpreted and therefore mispreached.2012, Jeffrey D. Arthurs, Craig Brian Larson, Interpretation and Application, page 48. From the entry mispreach
• Intrigued, I set out to discover what happened to the cyberflâneur.2012 February 5, Evgeny Morozov, “The Death of the Cyberflâneur”, in The New York Times, section SR, page 6. From the entry cyberflâneur
• One phobia that intrigued me was Uranophobia, the fear of heaven.2003, Jennifer Bannan, Inventing Victor, →ISBN, page 186. From the entry uranophobia
• A little-known aspect of pop sociology called nominative determinism intrigued Rory Honeyman for a very good reason.2003, Paul Di Filippo, chapter 2, in Spondulix: A Romance of Hoboken, Open Road Integrated Media. From the entry nominative determinism
• The Persian Empire was convulsing with intrigue, revolt, and civil war.1988, Carroll Stuhlmueller, Rebuilding with Hope: A Commentary on the Books of Haggai and Zechariah, page 12. From the entry convulse
• Intrigues at court then drove him to despair, and he committed suicide by swallowing poison.1977, Marguerite Fawdry, Chinese Childhood, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 111. From the entry Tsao-yang
• Trotsky remarked that Stalin ‘never did any serious work’ but was always ‘busy with his intrigues’.1968, Robert Conquest, “The Purge Begins”, in The Great Terror: Stalin's Purge of the Thirties, Macmillan Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL…. From the entry manœuvre
• It is not clear whether Tardu's attack on Chiu-chʻüan (97) preceded the aforementioned intrigue.1964, William Samolin, East Turkistan to the Twelfth Century, The Hague: Mouton & Co, →OCLC, →OL, pages 57–58, 89. From the entry Chiu-ch'üan
• What intrigues us is what will happen when the ersatzes for the ersatzes come along.1955 June 30, “Ersatzes for Ersatzes”, in The Christian Science Monitor, volume 47, number 182. From the entry ersatz
• There'd been Earthling girls; and not a few Khazaki women had been intrigued by the big Terrestrial.1950 Fall, Poul Anderson, “Star Ship”, in Planet Stories, volume 4, number 8, page 74. From the entry terrestrial
• But the brutes are more chivalrous than man—they do not stoop to cowardly intrigue.”1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 96. From the entry chivalrous
• Kamau Bell, started along the lines of, "I totally understand if you do not want to do this." I was intrigued.2022 February 14, Tressie McMillan Cottom, “We Weren't Wrong to Love 'The Cosby Show'”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New…. From the entry enter the chat
• Allen's one-liner reveals that he thinks there is something Zelig-like in himself, increasing the intrigue that this human chameleon offers.2019, Jill Franks, Woody Allen and Charlie Chaplin: Little Men, Big Auteurs. From the entry Zelig-like
• Still, intrigued by Bubbline, I'd occasionally check in on the fandom to see what was up with their relationship.2018, Jordan Currie, "Canon, at last!", New Wave Magazine (Ryerson University), Fall 2018, page 10. From the entry Bubbline
• The audience was welcome and open-eared but also intrigued and riled up, and that's what Burton gave back to them.2018 February 21, Mike West, “George Burton takes the audience on a wild ride”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 09…. From the entry open-eared
• Like—like something antish.” “What's antish?” Heart asked, intrigued.2015, Valentine McKay-Riddell, The River Goddess and Other Stories: - Page 87. From the entry antish
• Full disclosure: I’m white, and I’ve been intrigued, unhealthily or not, for decades by the whitelessness of Georgetown basketball.2010 January 27, Dave McKenna, “Cheap Seats Daily: Hoyas Women’s Basketball Has a Feeling of Whitelessness?”, in Washington City Paper. From the entry unhealthily
• Lewis said she had already been approached by nondancers, including several visual artists, intrigued by the innovative format.2009 January 2, Claudia La Rocco, “New Classes Fill New Needs in Movement”, in The New York Times. From the entry nondancer
• 'I keep telling you to call me Xavier,' he interjected silkily, aware that her reluctance to do so intrigued him.2007, Sharon Kendrick, The Sheikh's English Bride, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 60. From the entry Xavier
• Thus Ellis is intrigued by the outlook he labels "hermitude."1999, Robert Booth Fowler, Enduring Liberalism: American Political Thought Since the 1960s, page 84. From the entry hermitude
• Intrigued by the prospect of an additional commission, the realtor hurriedly assured me he foresaw no problem in obtaining the lease.1975, Jerzy Kosiński, Cockpit, Grove Press, published 1998, page 189. From the entry realtor
• The suggested onanism with the piece of chalk intrigued Ignatius.1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, chapter 11, in A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing)…. From the entry onanism
• Evidence as to his intrigue with Mrs.1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 159. From the entry hearing
• Otter, a humdrum and respectable little person, had scabrous intrigues.1915, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter XLIII, in Of Human Bondage, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC. From the entry involved
• Gilbert is also a Russian spy, and carries on an intrigue with a Russian adventureress (Miss Isabel Norman).1905 July 7, “Dover Theatre Royal: The Curate”, in The Dover Express and East Kent News, number 2453, Dover, Kent, page 7, column 5. From the entry adventureress
• But the real Hitchcock fan will also be intrigued by the atypical, nonsuspense films that Hitchcock directed before his brand name had completely come together.2007 February 6, Dave Kehr, “New DVDs: Cinema Classics”, in New York Times. From the entry nonsuspense
• He was the minority leader's political eyes and ears— nicknamed "the Electrician," due to all the intrigue and legislative shenanigans he was wired into.1996, H. L. Richardson, Split Ticket, →ISBN, page 54. From the entry wire

Meaning of intrigue

1. noun A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to affect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem; the practice of engaging in hidden schemes.
2. noun Clandestine intercourse between persons; illicit intimacy; a liaison or affair.
3. noun The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters.

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Questions about intrigue in a sentence

How do you use intrigue in a sentence?

Intrigue is used as a noun and verb. For example: “His betrayal was the beginning of a complex intrigue intended to give him control of the company.”

What is a short sentence with intrigue?

“Your idea has aroused my intrigue.”

What does intrigue mean?

Intrigue means a complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to affect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem; the practice of engaging in hidden schemes.