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blandishments
blan‧dish‧ments/ˈblændɪʃmənts/ noun [PLURAL] formal [date : 1500-1600; Origin : blandish 'to flatter' (14-21 centuries), from Old French blandir, from Latin blandus; ⇨ bland] pleasant things that you say in order to persuade or influence someone: ▪ How sensible she had been to resist his blandishments.
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But he soon learned that such bribes and blandishments would not help his case. ▪ But this remedy fails to confront the reality of a male youth culture nearly immune to all the blandishments of established society. ▪ Forget the smooth, caramelized blandishments of cognac. ▪ He mistrusted ravishment by charm, spiritual appeal, force, wit or other blandishments. ▪ How sensible she had been not to give way to any of his blandishments. ▪ They introduce into our austerities their Italianate blandishments.
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