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How to use inducement in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun

Inducement means an incentive that helps bring about a desired state. Example: “Flagellation, especially among Orientals, is considered as much a sexual inducement as any other form of aphrodisiac.”

Examples of inducement by meaning

nounAn incentive that helps bring about a desired state.

  • Flagellation, especially among Orientals, is considered as much a sexual inducement as any other form of aphrodisiac.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 97
  • These policies were intended to change the situational inducements to crime by giving youths work.2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, Illusion of Order

More sentences with inducement

  • Morgan would offer him inducements to use his land more wisely.2019, Emile Lester, Liberalism and Leadership: The Irony of Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., page 106. From the entry misfarm
  • The inducement is that they can buy standing room for half price, without waiting in line.1957 December 22, John Briggs, “What every young claqueur should know”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company…. From the entry claque
  • We give this hint as an inducement to the wives and as a warning to the dusties.1917, The American Miller and Processor, page 394. From the entry dusty
  • As result, the Banfieldian policy maker has to focus on the environment and inducements rather than class and propensity.2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, Illusion of Order. From the entry Banfieldian
  • Obviously the recommended bunch of worms on a large hook ledgered to the bottom was an insufficient inducement.1976, Simon Brett, chapter 13, in So Much Blood: A Crime Novel (Gollancz Thriller), London: Gollancz, →ISBN; republished as So Much Blood…. From the entry ledger
  • Women’s clubs meet daily at the dairy and get an air plug as an inducement to gather at the milkery.1938 May 20, Radio Daily, volume 4, New York, N.Y.: Radio Daily Corp., →OCLC, page 8, column 1. From the entry milkery
  • That would be more of an inducement if I hadn't minacked out of FAPA after realizing that I wasn't reading most of it.1999 October 18, Vicki Rosenzweig, “Re: AKICIF New York History department”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID…. From the entry minac
  • The expense and hassle of that requirement acts as a deterrent to car ownership, and an inducement to travel by other modes like transit or a bicycle.2022 September 6, David Zipper, “How Japan Won its ‘Traffic War’”, in Bloomberg Terminal. From the entry streetside
  • When a negatively privileged challenger faces a positively privileged target, exchange and persuasion are not likely, because the challenger has no positive inducements for the target.1993, Anthony Oberschall, Social Movements: Ideologies, Interests, and Identities, page 98. From the entry negatively privileged
  • She was therefore, Helga Crane reflected, perhaps unable to perceive that the inducement to act like a lady, her own acrimonious example, was slight, if not altogether negative.1928, Nella Larsen, Quicksand, New York, N.Y.; London: Alfred A. Knopf, pages 26–27. From the entry ladyness

Meaning of inducement

  1. noun An incentive that helps bring about a desired state.
  2. noun In some contexts, this can imply bribery.
  3. noun An introductory statement of facts or background information.

Full definition of inducement

Questions about inducement in a sentence

How do you use inducement in a sentence?
Inducement is used as a noun. For example: “Flagellation, especially among Orientals, is considered as much a sexual inducement as any other form of aphrodisiac.”
What is a short sentence with inducement?
“Morgan would offer him inducements to use his land more wisely.”
What does inducement mean?
Inducement means an incentive that helps bring about a desired state.

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