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- noun Plural form of
enticing .
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Examples
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But the fairest objects and enticings proceed from men themselves, which most frequently captivate, allure, and make them dote beyond all measure upon one another, and that for many respects: first, as some suppose, by that secret force of stars, (quod me tibi temperat astrum?)
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On each soft side — coincident with the parted swell, that but once leaving him then flowed so wide away — on each bright side, the whale shed off enticings.
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For thine own lust, I have manifested elsewhere what it aims at in all its actings and enticings.
Of Temptation 1616-1683 1967
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Nothing the Government does to us will bring us to ignominy, unless we ourselves turn traitors to the cause by accepting its enticings and succumbing to its intimidations.
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The industrious man is seldom found guilty of a crime; for he has no time to listen to the enticings of the wicked one, and he is content with the enjoyments honest effort affords.
The Elements of Character Mary G. Chandler
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But the submarine diver has a new revelation of piscine character and beauty, and perhaps can better understand the enticings of a siren or fantastic Lurlei than the classical scholar.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 Various
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On each soft side -- coincident with the parted swell, that but once leaving him, then flowed so wide away -- on each bright side, the whale shed off enticings.
Great Sea Stories Various 1897
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On each soft side -- coincident with the parted swell, that but once leaving him then flowed so wide away -- on each bright side, the whale shed off enticings.
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855
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On each soft side -- coincident with the parted swell, that but once leaving him, then flowed so wide away -- on each bright side, the whale shed off enticings.
Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855
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On each soft side -- coincident with the parted swell, that but once leaving him, then flowed so wide away -- on each bright side, the whale shed off enticings.
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