intriguing

Definition

Causing a desire to know more; mysterious.

Example Sentences

• "As a result, while the train was being shunted at Bombay, the buffers became locked, producing a situation most intriguing for the onlookers, but exasperating for the exalted passengers and the unhappy railway authorities."
• "A book that does not sell us the powerful, intriguing women of Rome simply as poisoners, schemers, and femmes fatales […]"
• "[…] few respectable women will now sit at a window, looking into the public street, or gaze at passengers in any large town or city; and no one does so at present, unless an innocent inexperienced, husband-hunting, flirtish, or intriguing person."