have been enticing

• present perfect progressive

  present perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.

  of entice.
  entice

  verb (used with object)

  to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle.

Example Sentences

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have been enticing

Then he added suspiciously, "Maybe you knew it before and have been enticing me to raw eggs on purpose."

From Sunny Slopes by Ethel Hueston

A Methodist minister was sent to jail because he was said to have been enticing laborers to go north and work for a New York firm, which would give employment to fifty of his people.

From Negro Migration during the War by Emmett J. (Emmett Jay) Scott

Related Words

• attract
• beguile
• cajole
• coax
• seduce
• tempt