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

You have inveigled your cousin's affections, and now you say that you can do nothing for her.

From John Caldigate by Trollope, Anthony

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 Kingsley, Charles

You have inveigled me here to rob me.

From Cad Metti, The Female Detective Strategist Dudie Dunne Again in the Field by Halsey, Harlan Page

One snug little man, a Welsh curate, I believe, was certain it was the bar-maid of an inn at Bath, who is said to have inveigled a young nobleman into matrimony.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 01 by Edgeworth, Maria