entice
verb (used with object)
were enticing
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past progressiveof entice.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Despite its limitations, the possibilities were enticing to Mr. Wonder, and he enlisted Mr. Margouleff and his partner as producers and collaborators in the next phrase of his recording career.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Marcelle Soares-Santos, an astrophysicist at the University of Michigan who was not involved in the work, acknowledged that while this was early evidence, the results were enticing.
From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2023
Both found answers that were enticing, attractive — and distorted versions of reality.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2021
An FTC-proposed rule warned that such ads were enticing children to "surreptitiously" sneak cereals into Mom's shopping cart.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its color and odor were enticing, and we had all applied the test of taste most satisfactorily before we detected the curious mixture of ingredients.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 by Various
