enticement

Example Sentences

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Such uncertainty is the main enticement of this small, mercurial book.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Instead, the enticement of this sort of think piece delights not in the brutality of violence but in the intricacy of the artful con.

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2024

The Ravens signed him before this season as an enticement to quarterback Lamar Jackson, who was negotiating a new contract.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2023

West Ham's victory in the Europa Conference League serves as an enticement for what is possible if you take this competition - ostensibly Europe's third-tier event - seriously.

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2023

The same enticement that had led my grandparents to do the unthinkable now offered itself to Milton and Tessie.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides