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Examples of inveigle
inveigle
Even just the way computers would inveigle their way into our everyday lives.
From the guardian.co.uk
Matinee idols only do what matinee idols do, look pretty and inveigle softly with practiced seductiveness.
From the washingtontimes.com
At every step we find ourselves in the claws of purposes and cross-purposes that inveigle and trick us.
From the evangelicaloutpost.com
Stamos is so bland you almost hope she'll show Albert her heels rather than inveigle him into a relationship he doesn't deserve.
From the post-gazette.com
It falls to you, therefore, to inveigle a well-heeled person of your acquaintance into scooping you up and whisking you away.
From the guardian.co.uk
If David Cameron lands the big job it's to be hoped that he doesn't try to inveigle Dobbs back into the world of Tory politics.
From the express.co.uk
We spent days chasing blind leads, skulking around dark places and following potential suspects, hoping to inveigle handwriting samples from them.
From the sfgate.com
I nearly tried to inveigle myself into being pelted with over-ripe tomatoes back at the Grizedale project, but ran away at the last moment.
From the guardian.co.uk
Inevitably, that clever old bruiser would also seek to inveigle a chunk of sub-Saharan England, to leave the Union and be subsumed within a Greater Caledonia.
From the independent.co.uk
- Wheedle: influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along"
- In social science, seduction is the process of deliberately enticing a person to engage. The word seduction stems from Latin and means literally "to lead astray". As a result, the term may have a positive or negative connotation. ...
- To convert, convince or win over with flattery or wiles; to obtain through guile or cunning
- (v) - to seduce; to obtain by deception; to receive by manipulation
- (v) to entice or win over by ingenuity or flattery
