entice
verb (used with object)
had enticed
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past perfectof entice.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Greenberg, already the best-paid player in the game, got a $30,000 raise, while Newhouser, another player Pasquel had enticed, nearly doubled his salary to $70,000.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2022
It claims the country's leadership had enticed them with the false promise of easy entry to the EU as part of an "inhuman, gangster-style approach".
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2021
But Salman Chaudhry, general manager of five vacation lodgings in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, said the early elimination of the federal supplement in his state in June, as well as higher wages, had enticed job seekers.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 6, 2021
Denison had enticed many of the men from the estates of British slaveholders in Canada.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2017
It was Ahmad’s idea, really—another scheme into which he had enticed his little brother.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
