How to Use entice in a Sentence

entice

verb
Definition of enticenext
Synonyms for enticenext
  • If the history isn't enough to entice guests, the food should do the trick.
    — Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 26 Nov. 2023
  • If any of these recipes entice you, stock up on some canning jars and get to it.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The bride wore a leather glove with a piece of quail meat attached to entice Marty the falcon to swoop down and land on her arm.
    — Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Work it with quick strips on the perimeter of bluegill beds to entice any bass hanging just out of eyeshot.
    — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 22 June 2023
  • In the short term, the drama surrounding Ohtani will likely entice more people to tune in to games.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 22 Mar. 2024
  • And that, in turn, is likely to entice more investors and cause its discount to shrink further.
    — Michael Foster, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
  • The natural catnip inside will entice your cat to play and pounce.
    — Kristi Arnold, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2023
  • But the low rates that enticed people to stash their cash with First Republic were the proximate cause of the bank’s downfall.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 1 May 2023
  • But like Little, Landis likes the idea of a low-threshold first phase, and that the offer of housing there might entice people on the street.
    — Sean Cotter, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The compromise was structured with the aim of enticing votes from both parties.
    — Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 31 May 2023
  • If that’s not an issue, then this could be a great option to entice yourself to cook more homemade meals.
    — Andrew Watman, Ars Technica, 19 Oct. 2023
  • In a sign that the pressure to entice workers with pay increases is lifting, wage growth eased.
    — Sydney Ember, New York Times, 2 June 2023
  • Strong wage growth in that sector might have enticed those workers into full-time jobs.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 2 May 2023
  • The idea is to create an experience that is good enough to entice a customer to make a purchase now and again in the future.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Schools can’t use NIL to entice players, but their history of deals can speak for itself.
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • There’s no shortage of enticing food trucks in Charlotte — check out a few favorites.
    — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Utah is hardly the first Western state to be enticed by a megaproject pipe dream, however far-fetched.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The hope was to entice smartphone shoppers who had been holding onto their old models for longer these days.
    — Mark Gurman, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Others were enticed with gift cards or even a full refund plus a little extra cash.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 16 Oct. 2023
  • In Greek mythology, Parthenope, as she is known in English, is the name of a siren who having failed to entice Odysseus with her songs, cast herself into the sea and drowned.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 23 June 2023
  • Along with a free glass replacement, the harvesters at times offer gifts to entice their targets, some as valuable as $200.
    — Eli Tan, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2023
  • The challenge: enticing a new, more skeptical kind of buyer for green cars.
    — Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Nov. 2023
  • If a cruise is filling up quickly, the company has no reason to release a sale to entice customers.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2023
  • In March of last year, Collins worked to entice interest from advertisers in content that has been viewed as less charged.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Boxing promoters have spent decades enticing viewers with the prospect of seeing celebrities in the ring.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • His talent might be enough to entice another team to take a chance, and maybe even send the Red Sox someone who might actually help.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2023
  • That growth could prove crucial for the other side of the electric vehicle equation: enticing more consumers to buy them.
    — Coral Davenport, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The current enticed and then momentarily stunned fish in the river.
    — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2023
  • From summer to fall, the stalks, which look like wheat, produce seeds that entice migratory birds and waterfowl.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 31 July 2023
  • Perelman’s success will now depend on its public space and program of events to entice visitors to the World Trade Center.
    — Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023

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