blandishments

Big deal, you can almost hear Democrats collectively say, but these are the kinds of blandishments that get deals done.

However, O'Toole baffled all his queries, and was proof against both blandishments and threats.

Howell Gruffydd, all blandishments to his face, had been making secret inquiries behind his back, had he?

Never a flop of tail to indicate gratitude for blandishments, never the faintest symptom of canine appreciation.

Or we will say a wife succumbs to the blandishments of another man.

If she was enticed away by artful blandishments, or kidnapped by cruel violence, we knew not.