Inducements
[ɪnd'ju:smənts]
Examples
- She had no inducements to go back, and had rarely gone. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I have none of the usual inducements of women to marry. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Besides, there are some other inducements that excite me to this undertaking. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- That the wish of giving happiness to you might add force to the other inducements which led me on, I shall not attempt to deny. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- At _his_ age, in _his_ place, with _his_ inducements, I would have acted differently. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I am not without strong inducements to do so; the fund of knowledge you promise to communicate to me is, in addition to them, no small one. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Lawrence Selden was among those who had yielded to the proffered inducements. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- His first inducements to travel. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- I have many inducements to do so. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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