How to Use entice in a Sentence
entice
verb-
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 -
Stalling demand in the middle of summer suggests the recent drop in pump prices has not been enough to entice drivers back on the road.
— BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2022 -
But that isn’t stopping them from offering steep, steep discounts to entice new subscribers for Black Friday.
— Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Nov. 2024 -
Globalization has opened the door to enticing job opportunities all around the world.
— Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2024
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