All 10 Uses
intrigue
in
Not Without My Daughter
(Edited)
- What intrigued me most was that the chador was optional.
*intrigued = interested
- I had never been interested in politics or international intrigue.
intrigue = secret schemes or plots
- What was I doing embroiled in this convoluted intrigue?
*intrigue = secret scheme or plot
- I could not believe my own words, could not believe that I was so thickly enmeshed in intrigue.
intrigue = a secret scheme or plot
- I was beginning to realize that Iranians actually enjoy intrigue.
intrigue = secret schemes or plots
- There was nothing to indicate intrigue.
intrigue = a secret scheme or plot
- By night his life is a web of intrigue.
intrigue = secret schemes or plots
- But she knew nothing of Amahl, nothing of the secret intrigues in my life.
- But she understood the intrigue all about her.
- We still traveled in a world of intrigue, a world of borders and identification papers and whispered explanations and understanding nods of the head.
Definitions:
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(1)
(intrigue as in: she was intrigued) cause to be interested, curious, or fascinated
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(2)
(intrigue as in: involved in intrigue) a secret scheme or plot
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) In classic literature, intrigue may specifically reference a secret love affair.