inveigle
verb (used with object)
to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed byinto ).
inveigles
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present tense formof inveigle (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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How, for instance, he inveigles a red-headed young woman – “as exotic as a tropical fish” – to pose for his camera, exposing her freckled arms.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 7, 2018
Too broke to afford a hotel, Ricki inveigles her way into a guest room at the swanky McMansion Pete shares with his second wife, who’s away at the moment caring for her own ailing father.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2015
Once inside the body, it interferes with the propagation of signals through the central nervous system, and it inveigles its way into enzymes, disrupting their role in processing the nutritious elements zinc, iron and calcium.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2014
As he slowly inveigles himself into their lives, a sinister tone is set as he manipulates husband against wife, wife against nanny, and nanny against boyfriend.
From BBC ● May 19, 2013
He does not, however, escape in this way from the cunning of Socrates, who inveigles him into an admission that everything has but one opposite.
From Protagoras by Benjamin Jowett
