[The ego's greatest triumph] is to inveigle us into believing its best interests are our best interests, and even into identifying our very survival with its own. This is a savage irony, considering that ego is at the root of all our suffering. From LearnThat.org. [Sogyal Rinpoche, Tibetan Buddhist writer & meditation master.]
Verb (used with object), : to inveigle a person into playing bridge. ,to inveigle a theater pass from a person. From Dictionary.com.
Let her, at a private banquet, inveigle him to drink a cup. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
Western people enough to inveigle them into further attempts. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Pillars of Wisdom] Reference
We will inveigle ladies fair, and wed them in our secret cavern. From Wordnik.com. [Barnaby Rudge] Reference
He tried to inveigle me also into it, but I remained glum and silent. From Wordnik.com. [Youth] Reference
My plan will be to inveigle him into going over a ferry to "see a man.". From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873] Reference
Well, I don't want to inveigle myself into commenting upon the campaign itself. From Wordnik.com. [Interview, AM Agenda, Sky News - Transcript - The Hon Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs] Reference
There was not a single cabman to cry "Coach!" or inveigle us to the United States Hotel. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858] Reference
Anyhow, I'm going to buy a ticket for Mrs. Carmody and inveigle her to the entertainment. From Wordnik.com. [David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story] Reference
Their object must be to inveigle me to have a couple of bowlfuls more than is good for me!. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
He opened correspondence with Norby, hoping to inveigle him into a conference in Stockholm. From Wordnik.com. [The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa] Reference
It would be terrible to her to be suspected even for a moment of a desire to inveigle the heir. From Wordnik.com. [Ayala's Angel] Reference
Do innocent men inveigle nameless vagabonds, and prowl with them about the country as idle robbers do?. From Wordnik.com. [Nicholas Nickleby] Reference
FIREKEEPER HAD FEARED that Earl Kestrel would try to inveigle himself into her meeting with King Tedric. From Wordnik.com. [Through Wolfs Eyes] Reference
But could she now, she asked herself, offhand, inveigle him into making such an expensive present as this?. From Wordnik.com. [An American Tragedy] Reference
You never will inveigle a second time that big booby of a Gaillard, who took a mere passing fancy for you. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Their great endeavour now was to inveigle Monkey into a position where certain destruction would be sure to follow. From Wordnik.com. [Chinese Folk-Lore Tales] Reference
It seemed to inveigle and beckon him and he found himself wistfully and sequaciously summoned to its cryptic codes. From Wordnik.com. [An Apostate: Nawin of Thais] Reference
'It was Oliver Grantchester, I'll bet you, who got Patsy to offer you a truce and to inveigle you into that garden. From Wordnik.com. [To The Hilt]
Many of the troops had taken up the idea that it was designed to inveigle them into Mexico, and were greatly incensed. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
In his low-key way, he uses his enthusiasm and the mastery of his craft to gently inveigle others onto the dance floor. From Wordnik.com. [Yom Kippur, Where the Wild Things Are, and the Dance of "Participatory Democracy": More on We Count 2006] Reference
Look! my adored one, I warn you that I shall prove a most intractable guest if you attempt to inveigle me into any alliance. From Wordnik.com. [High Noon A New Sequel to 'Three Weeks' by Elinor Glyn] Reference
Obama and to Senator McCain but as I say, at this point in the cycle, we tend not to inveigle ourselves but to wait until the. From Wordnik.com. [Press conference - United Nations General Assembly, New York - Transcript - The Hon Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs] Reference
He will inveigle you to naughtiness to get your good name into his clutches; he will be your pandar to have you on the hip for. From Wordnik.com. [Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters] Reference
And as men catch dotterels by putting out a leg or an arm, with those mutual glances of the eyes they first inveigle one another. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference
It was useless asking the family to help me, so I decided that I would have to inveigle Mr Kralefsky into the constructional work. From Wordnik.com. [My Family and Other Animals]
Plutarch records of Lucullus that he died of a philter; and that Cleopatra used philters to inveigle Antony, amongst other allurements. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference
She tried to inveigle the young barristers at assizes and encouraged Jim to bring home friends with whom he went out hunting with the H. H. From Wordnik.com. [Vanity Fair] Reference
What was preached concerning them was looked on as "cunningly-devised" and artificially-framed "fables," to inveigle and allure the people. From Wordnik.com. [Pneumatologia] Reference
It's a different thing to either advertently or inadvertently inveigle yourself into the American political process if you are a member of the. From Wordnik.com. [Media conference, Perth - Transcript - The Hon Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs] Reference
Surely she cannot be a cheat; it is not possible she can have any design to inveigle me: the merchants do not know her, and will all come upon me. From Wordnik.com. [The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01] Reference
A genial fat-faced old lady of uncertain age tried to inveigle us into a game of bridge, but that was not what we came for, so we strenuously refused. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
It will lie in wait for a man and chase him, and will inveigle a dog within its reach by making a noise that resembles the retching noise of a man vomiting. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
As for Gorka, he may have returned for thirty-six other reasons than jealousy, and Montfanon is right: Caterina is cunning enough to inveigle both the painter and him. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
And thus would he inveigle my belief to think the combustion of Sodom might be natural, and that there was an asphaltick and bituminous nature in that lake before the fire of. From Wordnik.com. [Religio Medici] Reference
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