Example Sentences

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It turned out the man was an inveterate liar and conman who had inveigled his way into Howard's affections by meticulously researching her life.

From The Guardian • Apr. 6, 2013

But Sarah being asked, if Jacob had inveigled her, she said no.

From Diary in America, Series One by Marryat, Frederick

And when it dawned upon them into what dilemma their automatic methods of carte and tierce had inveigled them, they were frozen with confusion.

From Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People by Zangwill, Israel

She who had stared in horror on the wreckage of that night had inveigled him with gentle word, with appeal of pleading eye.

From Trail's End by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)

She had inveigled an unsophisticated countryman into a stateroom and robbed him.

From The Secrets of the Great City by McCabe, James Dabney