intrigued

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New Yorkers are intrigued, which is not easy to accomplish.

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  1. noun A secret or underhand scheme; a plot.
  2. noun The practice of or involvement in such schemes.
  3. noun A clandestine love affair.
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  • But in the slum, intrigued, they'd hunted up and down, never quite able to unearth my location, near, never near enough. —  Tanith_Lee_-_The_Silver_Metal_Lover3
  • But the title intrigued him AN IMITATION LIFE Though I always enjoyed my crayons and watercolors, I was not a particularly artistic child. —  FSF - May2006
  • She swam closer, intrigued, and saw forked streaks of silver running through the black, like cracks in a shell. —  Witch Star.htm
  • She had slipped under his guard with annoying ease: intrigued, amused, seduced, insulted and enraged him in swift succession. —  MistressforaWeekend
  • He watched, intrigued, then realized he was beginning to see a hidden, three-dimensional image. —  F ;SF; - vol 091 issue 04-05 - October-November 1996
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