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enticement

[ US /ɪnˈtaɪsmənt/ ]
[ UK /ɛntˈa‍ɪsmənt/ ]
NOUN
  1. something that seduces or has the quality to seduce
  2. the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire
    his enticements were shameless
  3. 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.
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