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How to use enticing in a sentence

17 example sentences · adjective, noun

Enticing means that entices; alluring; attractive; charming. Example: “The opportunity to extinguish MAGAdom is so enticing that it has purged one of the most self-sabotaging inclinations in the American liberal’s coalition: the fractious adjudication of identity that can too often become a priority over winning elections.”

Examples of enticing by meaning

adjectiveThat entices; alluring; attractive; charming.

  • The opportunity to extinguish MAGAdom is so enticing that it has purged one of the most self-sabotaging inclinations in the American liberal’s coalition: the fractious adjudication of identity that can too often become a priority over winning elections.2024 July 31, Luke Winkie, “My Rousing Night at “White Dudes for Harris””, in Slate

More sentences with enticing

  • The cash prizes for first, second and third place were too enticing to pass up.2014, Poe Hawkins, The Last Alchemist: And the Love of His Life, page 149. From the entry in the money
  • Flying using only the power of the sun is an enticing prospect.2013 September 7, “On a bright new wing”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8852. From the entry fly
  • The idea of enticing women aboard with the promise of a banana burgeoned like a blooming broccolo.1974 March 8, Dick Nolan, “Bridge goes bananas”, in San Francisco Examiner, number 232, San Francisco, Calif., page 37, column 5. From the entry broccolo
  • They grew fat, but successfully resisted the enticing odalisques with whom they were confronted.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 96. From the entry odalisque
  • It clung to her body, enticing his eyes.2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 329. From the entry mulmul
  • I hesitated, drawn by the bath’s enticing promise.2011, Cate Lord, chapter 7, in Lucky Girl, Fort Collins, Colo.: Entangled Publishing, →ISBN, page 76. From the entry bring
  • The enticing, homey scent of apple pie wafted into the hallway as she beckoned them into her lair.2011 April 12, Beth Kendrick, chapter 29, in The Bake-Off, New York, N.Y.: New American Library, →ISBN. From the entry apple pie
  • This whole gay marriage clamor is really about spousal and other benefits that this welfare state provider has made so enticing.2006, Freddie L. Sirmans, Can the US Survive Doomsday, →ISBN, page 19. From the entry gravy train
  • The scrambling quarterback is like a beautiful woman -- awfully enticing, but in the end she'll break your heart.2001 Sept. 3, Brian Billick, quoted in "Run or Gun?", ESPN the Magazine, Vol. IV, No. 18. From the entry in the pocket
  • Some skilled pixel artists even use unexpected colours in the shading within their sprites, using complementary colours to produce an enticing artwork.2021, Cindy Lee, “Best Practices for Pixel Art”, in The Digital Gaming Handbook, CRC Press, →ISBN. From the entry pixel artist
  • I set down a fishy can of tuna, which in Catlandia is as enticing as foie gras to gourmets and shooting speedballs to junkies.2011, Jeff Kahn, You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up: A Love Story, page 46. From the entry -landia
  • Other expressions are less than enticing.2004 July 31, Ian Urbina, “Disco Rice, and Other Trash Talk; Picking Up the Garbage Means Picking Up the Lingo”, in The New York Times…. From the entry disco rice
  • I was in high school when I watched DDLJ for the first time, it was enticing to watch you open your arms and Simran running into them.2023, Lubaina Najmi, “An Open Letter to SRK”, in Prerna Agrawal, editor, Dust of Love, Suvidhi Publication, page 146. From the entry simran
  • Those tiny gizmos seemed enticing because they offered rare glimpses into the enigmatic world of technology, and the Sinclair Executive also had the élan of being the first one.2012 March 4, Alice Rawsthorn, “Farewell, Pocket Calculator?”, in The New York Times. From the entry élan
  • More enticing are the sauerbraten, marinated in red wine; a Kasseler rippchen (smoked pork chop); and the fork-tender schweinshaxe pork shank, the restaurant’s premier dish ($12.50 to $19.50).2009 October 4, Christopher Brooks, “Hearty German Fare, and Beer”, in New York Times. From the entry rippchen
  • It was a matter of a few minutes to dress him and soon the smell of fresh frying fish floated over the river, enticing everyone within nose-shot.2001, William V. Reynolds, River Pilot, →ISBN, page 75. From the entry nose-shot

Meaning of enticing

  1. adjective That entices; alluring; attractive; charming.
  2. noun Enticement; temptation.

Full definition of enticing

Questions about enticing in a sentence

How do you use enticing in a sentence?
Enticing is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “The opportunity to extinguish MAGAdom is so enticing that it has purged one of the most self-sabotaging inclinations in the American liberal’s coalition: the fractious adjudication of identity that can too often become a priority over winning elections.”
What is a short sentence with enticing?
“Other expressions are less than enticing.”
What does enticing mean?
Enticing means that entices; alluring; attractive; charming.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: enticing (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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