How to Use inducement in a Sentence

inducement

noun
  • Employees were offered a bonus as an inducement to finish the project on schedule.
  • The low interest rate was little inducement for individuals to save money.
  • Was his decision influenced by any illegal financial inducements?
  • Even with these inducements, Ukraine might still refuse the call for a cease-fire.
    — Richard Haass and Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2023
  • And all that becomes an inducement to get a financier to put up the rest.
    — Adam Rogers, WIRED, 6 July 2017
  • In the private sector that would be called fraud in the inducement.
    — WSJ, 16 Aug. 2018
  • Truth be told, for the stars, there are commercial inducements as well.
    — SI.com, 24 July 2019
  • In other words, a strong inducement to borrow and spend remains.
    — Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Working with the world’s best coaches was a major inducement.
    — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Jan. 2022
  • But the pool of men for whom these inducements are attractive has been declining.
    — Jack Watling, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2025
  • The edge of the rink delivered electric shocks when touched, an inducement to keep skating.
    — New York Times, 10 June 2022
  • The sweepstakes appears to be little more than an inducement for getting people to call in.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2019
  • People in Allendale want help to move to places where there are good jobs, not inducements to stay where there are none.
    — The Economist, 2 Jan. 2020
  • After all, so the argument goes, what on earth can be a powerful enough inducement to give up his weapons?
    — Christopher R. Hill, The Atlantic, 30 Aug. 2017
  • A number of top Wall Street banks are offering free food as an inducement.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 28 May 2021
  • Many more accepted thick envelopes of Russian rubles on top of their pay as an inducement to stay in their jobs.
    — Michael E. Miller and Samantha Schmidt, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Nov. 2022
  • But if the abatement is weighted more, So that there’s a bigger inducement to go and build an Hoff.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 18 May 2022
  • In order to move Smith's contract, Marchessault had to be used as inducement.
    — George Richards, miamiherald, 21 June 2017
  • Rest assured, this speaks more to Curry's frankness than my powers of inducement.
    — Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 27 Apr. 2010
  • Good workers were given a slice of their takings as well as other perks such as trips out to restaurants with the bosses as inducements.
    — TIME, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Hulseberg pointed out that the inducements are not commitments for the districts.
    — Steve Lord, Aurora Beacon-News, 21 Feb. 2018
  • The city is planning several inducements for the project, Dibo said.
    — Steve Lord, Aurora Beacon-News, 6 Feb. 2018
  • The only inducement to slacking off is a square of artificial turf and a mirror propped up in front to practice his golf swing.
    — Max Lakin, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • But the question is, what kind of a profit margin, if any, is there, and how much of an inducement is that to continue on in this universe?
    — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
  • What starts as support can, under closer inspection, appear to be an inducement.
    — Angela Palo, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • A certain amount of badgering of friends and allies—along with veiled threats and inducements—comes with the territory.
    — Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The inducement is to vote against a regional oil cartel proposed by a left-wing Brazilian leader.
    — The Economist, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Rewarding those who have reported to work is a very positive inducement.
    — Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
  • In the lawsuit, the Bloomberg campaign is accused of fraudulent inducement and breach of contract.
    — Madison Dibble, Washington Examiner, 23 Mar. 2020
  • Employees may keep their 401(k)s and add money to them, but without the inducement of a company match.
    — Carrie McCabe, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024

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