Entice
verb
To attract or invite someone to do something by offering something nice or beneficial.
The offer of free drinks was used to entice customers into the bar.
Often appears as...
- entice someone into
- entice with an offer
verb
To attract or invite someone to do something by offering something nice or beneficial.
The offer of free drinks was used to entice customers into the bar.
Often appears as...
- entice someone into
- entice with an offer
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Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
The word 'entice' often implies something appealing or attractive meant to persuade.
The aroma from the bakery is enticing me to buy some pastries.
Pro Tip 2/3Marketing Strategy
'Entice' is commonly used in marketing and sales to describe strategies that attract customers.
The advertisement enticed shoppers with a promise of big discounts.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Persuasion
"Entice" does not imply force; it suggests a more subtle or gentle form of persuasion.
He was enticed into joining the club through friendly invitations, not pressure.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
The word 'entice' often implies something appealing or attractive meant to persuade.
The aroma from the bakery is enticing me to buy some pastries.
Pro Tip 2/3Marketing Strategy
'Entice' is commonly used in marketing and sales to describe strategies that attract customers.
The advertisement enticed shoppers with a promise of big discounts.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Persuasion
"Entice" does not imply force; it suggests a more subtle or gentle form of persuasion.
He was enticed into joining the club through friendly invitations, not pressure.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
The word 'entice' often implies something appealing or attractive meant to persuade.
The aroma from the bakery is enticing me to buy some pastries.
Pro Tip 2/3Marketing Strategy
'Entice' is commonly used in marketing and sales to describe strategies that attract customers.
The advertisement enticed shoppers with a promise of big discounts.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Persuasion
"Entice" does not imply force; it suggests a more subtle or gentle form of persuasion.
He was enticed into joining the club through friendly invitations, not pressure.
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Isaac Lidsky: What...
fear beats a retreat deep inside your mind, shrinking and distorting your view, drowning your capacity for critical thought with a flood of disruptive emotions. When you face a compelling opportunity to take action, fear lulls you into inaction, enticing you to passively watch its prophecies fulfill themselves.
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Alison Wright: Portraits...
because they have you know very militant government and it's such a hot place you know as an enticing place to travel right now so a lot of tourists are going there and it's important for us to look deeply at what is where is this money going and how is it being distributed in
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Can't stick to a budget?...
so that it's not enticing you at all hours. Now let's talk about shopping. Let me be I'm not saying that you should never go shopping. What I am saying is that I encourage you to buy the things that bring you happiness. Research has shown that when you spend money on others,
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The puzzle of motivation...
the solution is not to do more of the wrong things, to entice people with a sweeter carrot, or threaten them with a sharper stick. We need a whole new approach. The good news is that the scientists who've been studying motivation have given us this new approach.
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Creating biologically...
forced to remain in contact with its soft ground enticing you to lay down relax and mingle kids had a blast crawling into a secret hideout this loosely moving aside drape Spanish moss discovering itself interior they transported them to a world far
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Stefan Sagmeister: The...
that this vacuum of time somehow would be wonderful and enticing for idea generation. It was not. I just, without a plan, I just reacted to little requests, not work requests, those I all said no to, but other little requests.
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The ancient origins of...
enticed many hopeful champions into the Olympic stadium. The combined running, jumping, wrestling, javelin throwing, and hurling the discus events known as the pentathlon inspired world-class competition,
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The human insights...
and apartments and cars, through my conversations with them, I found out that the ads the actually enticed them the most were the ones for iPhones, promising them this entry into this high-tech life.
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Alligators Showing Off...
the same deep frequency as the alligators bellow at. So, let's see if they can entice a grumpy alligator to start flirting.
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A Collection Of Spring...
hertz the same deep frequency as the alligators bellow so let's see if they can entice a grumpy
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Isaac Lidsky: What...
fear beats a retreat deep inside your mind, shrinking and distorting your view, drowning your capacity for critical thought with a flood of disruptive emotions. When you face a compelling opportunity to take action, fear lulls you into inaction, enticing you to passively watch its prophecies fulfill themselves.
Video examples
Alison Wright: Portraits...
because they have you know very militant government and it's such a hot place you know as an enticing place to travel right now so a lot of tourists are going there and it's important for us to look deeply at what is where is this money going and how is it being distributed in
Video examples
Can't stick to a budget?...
so that it's not enticing you at all hours. Now let's talk about shopping. Let me be I'm not saying that you should never go shopping. What I am saying is that I encourage you to buy the things that bring you happiness. Research has shown that when you spend money on others,
Video examples
The puzzle of motivation...
the solution is not to do more of the wrong things, to entice people with a sweeter carrot, or threaten them with a sharper stick. We need a whole new approach. The good news is that the scientists who've been studying motivation have given us this new approach.
Video examples
Creating biologically...
forced to remain in contact with its soft ground enticing you to lay down relax and mingle kids had a blast crawling into a secret hideout this loosely moving aside drape Spanish moss discovering itself interior they transported them to a world far
Video examples
Stefan Sagmeister: The...
that this vacuum of time somehow would be wonderful and enticing for idea generation. It was not. I just, without a plan, I just reacted to little requests, not work requests, those I all said no to, but other little requests.
Video examples
The ancient origins of...
enticed many hopeful champions into the Olympic stadium. The combined running, jumping, wrestling, javelin throwing, and hurling the discus events known as the pentathlon inspired world-class competition,
Video examples
The human insights...
and apartments and cars, through my conversations with them, I found out that the ads the actually enticed them the most were the ones for iPhones, promising them this entry into this high-tech life.
Video examples
Alligators Showing Off...
the same deep frequency as the alligators bellow at. So, let's see if they can entice a grumpy alligator to start flirting.
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A Collection Of Spring...
hertz the same deep frequency as the alligators bellow so let's see if they can entice a grumpy
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Quote examples
Dakota Johnson
American Actress
The idea of being at home and picking up kids from school and cooking dinner and then the husband comes home - there's something that seems really nice to me 'cause I never had that growing up. And it seems so enticing. But in my mind, I'm like, 'Well, I'll just play that in a movie and go about my own life, bizarre as it is.
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Taylor Hicks
American Musician
Career had a lot to do with 80 percent of my breakups. It's very tough to date a struggling musician. The idea of it is enticing and fun and mysterious. But the reality is long hours and hard work. I have a lot of respect for the women I've dated.
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Cynthia Rowley
American Designer
We work with Birchbox, and I think that it's kind of exciting. You're getting a gift every month, and it also entices people to be more experimental and to try more things. For busy people like myself, it's really helpful.
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Tony Vincent
American Actor
If you make the bad guy enticing and dangerous, that's where the excitement of playing the role really kicks in. I don't get to do that in my normal day-to-day life. Life is too taxing to go to those dark places.
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Marcus Lemonis
American Businessman
When selecting businesses, I first have to be enticed by the product or the industry they are in. Then I look for passion. If a company has these two qualifiers, I go for it.
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Cyril Connolly
English Journalist
A great writer creates a world of his own and his readers are proud to live in it. A lesser writer may entice them in for a moment, but soon he will watch them filing out.
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Joseph Conrad
Polish Novelist
There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.
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Lara Trump
American Producer
President Trump's agenda is enticing businesses to hire in North Carolina.
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Vint Cerf
American Scientist
There was something amazingly enticing about programming.
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Peter Bichsel
Swiss Writer
Writers let themselves be enticed by the language.
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Dakota Johnson
American Actress
The idea of being at home and picking up kids from school and cooking dinner and then the husband comes home - there's something that seems really nice to me 'cause I never had that growing up. And it seems so enticing. But in my mind, I'm like, 'Well, I'll just play that in a movie and go about my own life, bizarre as it is.
Quote examples
Taylor Hicks
American Musician
Career had a lot to do with 80 percent of my breakups. It's very tough to date a struggling musician. The idea of it is enticing and fun and mysterious. But the reality is long hours and hard work. I have a lot of respect for the women I've dated.
Quote examples
Cynthia Rowley
American Designer
We work with Birchbox, and I think that it's kind of exciting. You're getting a gift every month, and it also entices people to be more experimental and to try more things. For busy people like myself, it's really helpful.
Quote examples
Tony Vincent
American Actor
If you make the bad guy enticing and dangerous, that's where the excitement of playing the role really kicks in. I don't get to do that in my normal day-to-day life. Life is too taxing to go to those dark places.
Quote examples
Marcus Lemonis
American Businessman
When selecting businesses, I first have to be enticed by the product or the industry they are in. Then I look for passion. If a company has these two qualifiers, I go for it.
Quote examples
Cyril Connolly
English Journalist
A great writer creates a world of his own and his readers are proud to live in it. A lesser writer may entice them in for a moment, but soon he will watch them filing out.
Quote examples
Joseph Conrad
Polish Novelist
There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.
Quote examples
Lara Trump
American Producer
President Trump's agenda is enticing businesses to hire in North Carolina.
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Vint Cerf
American Scientist
There was something amazingly enticing about programming.
Quote examples
Peter Bichsel
Swiss Writer
Writers let themselves be enticed by the language.
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