inveigling

Definition of inveiglingnext
present participle of inveigle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for inveigling
Verb
  • Chime has proven wildly successful in persuading new customers to open accounts.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • After reading Wuoronos’ story, Pralle began conversing with her through letters, eventually persuading Wuornos to let Pralle adopt her.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And this new college football world — where players are free agents every year — has dramatically benefitted Miami because of the Canes’ knack for luring top players (Cam Ward, Carson Beck, many others) and their financial wherewithal to offer them competitive NIL deals.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
  • It's revealed that this beauty drug is infecting people with a virus that leads to death, luring in an investigation by FBI Agents Cooper Madsen, played by Evan Peters, and Jordan Bennett, played by Rebecca Hall.
    Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The video featured a tired Madonna running into a mysterious man and woman in a hotel hallway, with the two seducing the singer into a night together, done as a tribute to the 1963 French film Bay of Angels, which starred Jeanne Moreau.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Jennifer then develops a taste for human flesh and begins seducing and killing teenage boys.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Similar to fellow Arsenal summer signing Eberechi Eze — another keen chess player — the assumption would be that the skills taken from the board game have helped Zubimendi be a step ahead in enticing and then bypassing opposition players.
    Thom Harris, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Fringe areas on the outskirts of Denver proper and the suburbs are enticing for new locations.
    Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • In effect, by criticizing the lower courts, a handful of Supreme Court justices are coming dangerously close to betraying, rather than protecting, the rule of law.
    Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 24 Dec. 2025
  • The ponyatiya of Putin’s youth generally meant never betraying your gang and always standing up for your friends.
    Andrew Ryvkin, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2025
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“Inveigling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inveigling. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.

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