How to Use entice in a Sentence

entice

verb
Definition of enticenext
Synonyms for enticenext
  • Instead, the hope is that the film will legitimize Jolt and entice more filmmakers to work with the company.
    — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
  • This clause contains an anti-tampering provision which forbids any attempt to entice, induce or persuade a person who is under contract with another team to join the tampering team.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 27 Oct. 2024
  • If the history isn't enough to entice guests, the food should do the trick.
    — Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 26 Nov. 2023
  • The high prices enticed wildcatters to search for the gas.
    — Michael Braga, The Arizona Republic, 14 May 2024
  • And some projects could entice her to take a starring role.
    — Wendy Naugle, Peoplemag, 29 Dec. 2022
  • 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 soap cuts the surface tension of the vinegar, so the flies that are enticed by the vinegar will sink and drown. 4.
    — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 12 Mar. 2023
  • The beauty of these berry pizzas alone should entice you to make them.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Popping it off the bottom makes the blade flutter and can entice fish to eat.
    — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 28 Feb. 2023
  • If that doesn’t work, there’s always a free vial of dirt from the 2022 season to entice them back for more.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 30 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • If that isn't enticing enough, what about up to nine hours of daily child or adult care?
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 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
  • That hasn’t been enough to entice investors back into the market.
    — Caitlin McCabe, WSJ, 17 Oct. 2022
  • And that, in turn, is likely to entice more investors and cause its discount to shrink further.
    — Michael Foster, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
  • The giveaway makes for a fun little easter egg for fans, and a good carrot to entice those who haven’t yet seen it.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Such an app could be a way to entice more users to use Bing for search instead of Google, especially on the iPhone.
    — Joe Wituschek, BGR, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Many of them are young men from South Asia, enticed by the prospect of steady employment and higher salaries in Russia.
    — Helen Regan, CNN, 10 July 2024
  • The catchy rhyme scheme will entice young readers, while the story of her persistence at city hall will hook them.
    — Emily Barone, Time, 12 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • Meanwhile, many of these projects will feed ideas and entice new ways of thinking within the Rolls-Royce design team.
    — Nargess Banks, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2022
  • 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 recent years, TikTok has made an effort to entice more gamers to come to its platform.
    — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Being able to see the water inside the vessel and outside the fountain will sure entice cats.
    — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 8 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • If the thought of drinking hot lettuce tea doesn’t entice you, give decaf tea or plain old hot water a try.
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 July 2024

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