as in tempted
to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage
every commercial seemed to be for some tempting snack specifically designed to entice me from my diet
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Recent Examples of enticed
Many younger visitors have been enticed to visit the town thanks to its arts offerings, with rising numbers making the pilgrimage to the Frieder Burda Museum to take in its temporary exhibitions.
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Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2026
These everyday investors are likely also enticed by Karp, who Luria said is similar to Tesla CEO Elon Musk in his ability to sell a business vision.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 25 Dec. 2025
In more recent years, the promise of sunny skies and snowy slopes and a healthy dose of luxury have enticed fever dream-worthy celebrity crowds.
—Zachary Weiss, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2025
Those two months with the White Sox enticed the Rays, who acquired him at the trade deadline.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2025
Everyone is enticed into this orgy of analysis, to feast and gorge on information, to go a little mad in the process.
—Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025
During his annual summer break, unfounded rumors circulated that SiriusXM, which enticed Stern away from terrestrial radio in 2004 and launched his show in 2006, would not extend his reportedly hefty contract.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
The agency’s exceptionally high reserves in recent years had enticed speculation that RTD could afford to expand routes.
—Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 3 Dec. 2025
The tax credits in turn enticed Paramount, whose new owner, tech heir David Ellison, was familiar with the studio plan.
—Andrew Rice, Curbed, 2 Dec. 2025
Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2026
These everyday investors are likely also enticed by Karp, who Luria said is similar to Tesla CEO Elon Musk in his ability to sell a business vision.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 25 Dec. 2025
In more recent years, the promise of sunny skies and snowy slopes and a healthy dose of luxury have enticed fever dream-worthy celebrity crowds.
—Zachary Weiss, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2025
Those two months with the White Sox enticed the Rays, who acquired him at the trade deadline.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2025
Everyone is enticed into this orgy of analysis, to feast and gorge on information, to go a little mad in the process.
—Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025
During his annual summer break, unfounded rumors circulated that SiriusXM, which enticed Stern away from terrestrial radio in 2004 and launched his show in 2006, would not extend his reportedly hefty contract.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
The agency’s exceptionally high reserves in recent years had enticed speculation that RTD could afford to expand routes.
—Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 3 Dec. 2025
The tax credits in turn enticed Paramount, whose new owner, tech heir David Ellison, was familiar with the studio plan.
—Andrew Rice, Curbed, 2 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enticed
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As temperatures around the state continue to drop, you may be tempted to crank up your thermostat to battle the cold.—
Cailey Gleeson,
jsonline.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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That way, you aren’t tempted to doze on the couch or adult bed with the baby in your arms.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Neuralink recently lured a top official away from the Food and Drug Administration office that regulates the company, a poaching that has surprised, impressed, and infuriated its competitors in a fledgling industry developing brain-computer interfaces.—
O. Rose Broderick,
STAT,
5 Jan. 2026
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Based on Diana Gabaldon’s book series, Outlander has lured audiences with its sweeping historical fantasy and once-in-a-lifetime(s) love story.—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Jan. 2026
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Released in 1994, Sátántangó (based on László Krasznahorka’s novel) chronicled an impoverished Hungarian village that becomes seduced by a would-be prophet who has seemingly come back from the dead.—
Tim Grierson,
Rolling Stone,
6 Jan. 2026
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This year, we were seduced by silver trays and a new take on the TV-dinner table.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
26 Dec. 2025
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But the demonstrations are diffuse and largely leaderless, and Pezeshkian’s efforts at mediation — and the killings and arrests by security forces — have not persuaded the protesters to stay off the streets.—
Henry Austin,
NBC news,
7 Jan. 2026
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The paintings worked because viewers did not need to be persuaded that these scenes mattered.—
Philip Martin,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Enticed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enticed. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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