entice
verb (used with object)
are enticing
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present progressiveof entice.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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New programs offering mentorship, networking and sometimes free housing are enticing more top-performing students to join the AI race in San Francisco.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
“It’s on their phones, and people are enticing them with apparently 300 bucks of credit if you go with us, all that stuff,” Ferentz said.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 23, 2023
Low valuations, hopes that travellers will ditch cars, and government incentives to invest in environmentally-friendly vehicles are enticing buyers, analysts and investors said.
From Reuters ● Jun. 15, 2022
New incentives and a change in circumstances due to the pandemic are enticing people in to train as truck drivers who perhaps weren't interested in the industry before.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2021
“You are enticing me to admit that, after all, it is mine? But indeed, M. Poirot, it isn’t.”
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
