inveigle
verb (used with object)
to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed byinto ).
have inveigled
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present perfectof inveigle.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Who else could have inveigled twenty people to the farthest extremity of the school to throw snowballs at each other?
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
See, Alinda, how Fortune and Love have interleagued themselves to be thy foes, and to make thee their subject, or else an abject, have inveigled thy sight with a most beautiful object.
From Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacy by Edward Chauncey Baldwin
It would seem indeed from internal evidence that, had it not been for frequent and sharp criticism of their proceedings, their pastime might never have inveigled so many persons with its seductive fascination.”
From Above the Snow Line by Clinton Thomas Dent
And it is to discuss them that I have inveigled you into taking this walk with me.
From The Lady Paramount by Henry Harland
Have you not played with us, as well as argued with us, till you have inveigled us step by step into a conclusion which we cannot and will not believe?
From Town Geology by Charles Kingsley
