entice - use in sentences

Object

  • shopper: Some stores slashed prices by up to 80 % to entice shoppers, with some big names opening at 5am yesterday.
  • viewer: Overall there has been little to entice the viewer back for part two.
  • tourist: This one is simply named to entice gullible tourists.

Modifying Another Word

  • away: Paul is enjoying the regional scene so much he has never been able to be enticed away.
  • particularly: The prospect of a musical version was therefore not particularly enticing.
  • rather: At 11 June 06, there is a rather enticing notice on the webpage.
  • even: Job sharing is one response to the problem of retaining teachers and even enticing them back into the profession.
  • very: Adverts for sales can be very enticing with top brand names at knock down prices.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • away: This can be an effective way to make sure your best affiliates aren't enticed away by other programs or partners.

Infinitive complement

  • do: But some fool-hardy thieves have been enticed to do just that by what would appear to be a private collector.
  • take: For Zones II-VI he has been enticed to take the stage for himself where these two Bills may just meet.
  • enter: The user is then enticed to enter his or her details into a form presented onscreen.
  • join: She moved to Howard Kennedy to run their international group before she was " enticed to join CEDR on a permanent basis.

Preposition: by

  • prospect: Already sold on the story, Fleming was further enticed by prospect of Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks as the combustible duo.

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