Sentence examples for could not entice from inspiring English sources
But the exit loans could not entice Appaloosa and its other investors to ante up on their $2.55 billion commitment.
Coming out of high school in suburban Maryland, Joe Alexander could not entice a Division II program to offer him a scholarship.
The utterly baffling scheduling, in midweek the day after local schools returned, meant even Warwickshire's decision to admit members and children for free, while adult tickets cost just £10, could not entice more than 3,000 spectators into a ground which holds the best part of 25,000.
The continuing trade proposal that would put Alex Rodriguez in Fenway Park and send Manny Ramirez to Texas may have finally suffered a fatal hit yesterday after the Rangers made a substantial financial concession three hours before a team-imposed deadline but could not entice the Red Sox to complete the deal.
Ed Miliband certainly needs to fret about why Labour's creaking machine couldn't entice more to the polls in its supposed heartland, and he should worry, too, about failing to advance on Gordon Brown's score in dismal 2010.
These buildings all had commercial tenants with long leases who could not be enticed to leave, Mr. Kaufman said.
In 1984, when negotiations stalled, China made a momentous change: if the Dalai Lama could not be enticed back to China, then Beijing would buy stability in Tibet through economic development.
A steep hill does not entice me.
Traditionally, shows about show business do not entice viewers.
The idea that he might have to repeat the tedium of rehabilitation could not have been enticing for Pettitte.
