as in luring
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 enticing
Caroline Blair, People.com, 24 June 2025
No images make your social media feeds way less enticing!
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 24 June 2025
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2025
The offers have been enticing enough to compel at least half of Solaris owners to sell over the past two years, according to property records.
—Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
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Verb
While the show allows a myriad of exciting and enticing props — like swords, animals and fire — they all must be approved by producers beforehand for safety purposes.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 24 June 2025
No images make your social media feeds way less enticing!
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 24 June 2025
Adjective
The doc also pays close attention to a tipping-point moment that occurred in Murphy, Texas, in 2006, when one of the fake-boys was enticing a predator to come to their house.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2025
The offers have been enticing enough to compel at least half of Solaris owners to sell over the past two years, according to property records.
—Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enticing
Adjective
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Broader profiles mean more tempting targets for criminals.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
7 July 2025
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For some, this may be a scenario too tempting to resist.—
Bill English,
Forbes.com,
3 July 2025
Verb
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The promise of a $225,000 starting salary at a top corporate law firm is luring many, making the financial burden of law school seem more justifiable.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
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Ewen says the task for Southwest will be striking a balance between luring new customers, which could potentially improve financials, and keeping existing customers happy.—
Dallas Morning News,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Alonso showed restraint by laying off tantalizing pitches, like high fastballs.—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
6 July 2025
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The sauce is an irresistibly creamy, sweet and spicy sauce made in-house from ghost peppers and caramelized onions with a tantalizing tangy kick from malt vinegar.—
Aly Walansky,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
Adjective
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When cut thin, red onion delivers an appealing flavor without bitterness.—
MD Published,
Verywell Health,
28 June 2025
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The natural chemistry between the two appealing lead actors makes their disagreements as believable as the magnetic force that keeps coaxing them to give it another try.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
27 June 2025
Verb
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The agency has sued companies for persuading veterans to sell their pension and disability payments, for charging military families more than thirty-six per cent interest on pawn loans, and for misleading servicemembers to take costly cash-out refinance loans on their homes.—
E. Tammy Kim,
The New Yorker,
18 Mar. 2025
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The Bears don’t appear to be having much trouble persuading offensive players to come to Chicago after hiring Johnson, the former Detroit Lions offensive coordinator.—
Sean Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Electro-Cumbia beats on the high-end hi-fi, soft red lighting, a dreamlike atmosphere: Daydream is an alluring little hideout on SE Clinton, where there’s always a live DJ and the drinks skewer trendily low ABV.—
Jordan Michelman,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
4 July 2025
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Such a breakthrough in U.S.-Chinese relations might sound alluring at this particularly fraught moment, but the history of the strategic rivalry between China and the United States and each country’s internal politics make the likelihood of reaching one remote.—
WILLIAM HURST,
Foreign Affairs,
3 July 2025
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“Enticing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enticing. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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