verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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Even more enticing are Ciudad's drinks.
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Those numbers have become more enticing to Sen.
■ VERB
try
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As soon as he sees one, he will try to entice her to his nest.
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Working parents can also try to entice grandparents to move nearby.
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A major faux pas is trying to entice users on one channel to your own channel.
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The chiefs renege on the deal and she is stabbed as she tries to entice Odoff herself.
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I hung like a bird in the water overhead, watching for the octopus he was trying to entice .
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They have people hanging about outside on the pavement trying to entice gullible idiots in.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The ads entice young people to smoke.
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The banks are offering special low rates in an attempt to entice prospective customers.
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The company hopes to entice shareholders into agreeing to a merger.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A recruiter entices the poor and the homeless with promises of employment, good wages, food and shelter.
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Each member of the relay race needs to entice others to be on the team.
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On Saturday I phone my city children to entice them out for Thanksgiving, dangling before them mountain marvels and prepaid tickets.
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She intrigued him and enticed him and infuriated him.