[
US
/ɪnˈtaɪsmənt/
]
[ UK /ɛntˈaɪsmənt/ ]
[ UK /ɛntˈaɪsmənt/ ]
NOUN
- something that seduces or has the quality to seduce
-
the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire
his enticements were shameless - qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
How To Use enticement In A Sentence
- But I accept that even when the charge is enticement, the enticed party, like the insulted shikseh, is free to get up and walk into another room. Kalooki Nights
- The enticement of an exploration permit was strong enough to draw a half-dozen miners to the sidewalk.
- The promise of the reward was too much of an enticement for the migrant workers to resist.
- Many media articles that I collected during my fieldwork used the same enticement of spectacle.
- That's true, but I think it also says something about the enticement of the first sentence, or even half the first sentence.
- Unless the AP is leaving something out, the only enticement ObamaTour offers would-be visitors is the prospect of shelling out a sawbuck. Mirror, Mirror
- There are many Filipinos abroad who choose to remain Filipinos despite the enticements of a foreign land.
- The fact that this was achieved without the enticement of regular silverware surely makes such figures all the more impressive.
- Every desire is either a devout or a distorted enticement to the glory of heaven.
- This way of thinking is illustrated as he commits what he calls a ‘literary sin’: In this matter of writing, resolve as one may to keep to the main road, some bypaths have an enticement not readily to be withstood.