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Example sentences from the Web for blandishmentsBig deal, you can almost hear Democrats collectively say, but these are the kinds of blandishments that get deals done. The Tea Party’s Debt Triumph|Eleanor Clift|August 1, 2011|DAILY BEAST By what blandishments of bait he had ever been seduced into his present melancholy position was out of Arthur's power to imagine. Cedar Creek|Elizabeth Hely Walshe Too often the enemies of industrial freedom capture with the blandishments of vanity, the trusted leaders of reform. The Stewardship of the Soil|John Henry Worst He must be a madman who, without the lure of profit, lends an ear to the blandishments of knowledge. The Life of the Fly|J. Henri Fabre
Sol, however, was not proof against the clever old gentleman's blandishments and fell for the suggestion. Nat Goodwin's Book|Nat C. Goodwin Mon Dieu, these rough Americans who knew not of the blandishments of absinthe and drank only the whisky! Uncle Sam Detective|William Atherton Du Puy
pl n(rarely singular) flattery intended to coax or cajole Words nearby blandishmentsBland-Allison Act, B.Land.Arch., bland diet, blandish, blandishment, blandishments, bland out, blank, blankbook, blank cartridge, blank check Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to blandishmentsenticement, adulation, praise, blarney, allurement, wheedling, blandishments, coaxing, cajolery, sycophancy, fawning, sweet talk |