They inure themselves to insults and invective, and they train themselves to ignore the more insidious appeals of sentiment and love.

The notion has an insidious appeal and can arouse heated discussion.

Voice is the most insidious appeal in literature: it reminds me of those heartbreaking tenors in Bach cantatas who represent the soul pleading with God.

He points out in extenuation that most of Lincoln's racist statements were defensive responses to Democrats' far more overt and insidious appeals to racism.

Yes, you could mock at the idea, but that wasn't enough to rid yourself of its insidious appeal, politely, persistently tugging at your soul.

David Koepp's screenplay has a lot of Alex's insidious appeal and, like Alex, it has a rather large crack in its makeup.

But we have seen almost every other person surrender to its insidious appeal.

Sleep's insidious appeal ended when a small, lean, slightly shaggy man burst in, gasping, "There you are, Paludan!

But the notion of this challenge had an insidious appeal.

Irene was appalled and repelled by the memory of her fascination of a moment ago, yet there had been a certain insidious appeal as well.