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"Lure" in a Sentence (14 examples)
I could not resist the lure of great profits.
He felt the lure of adventure.
No man can resist the lure of a woman.
The distress call of a young dolphin has been used to lure a large pod of the animals to safety.
It's that spirit—a faith in reason, and enterprise, and the primacy of right over might—that allowed us to resist the lure of fascism and tyranny during the Great Depression; that allowed us to build a post-World War II order with other democracies, an order based not just on military power or national affiliations but built on principles—the rule of law, human rights, freedom of religion, and speech, and assembly, and an independent press.
Layla tried to lure Sami to where the police could catch him.
Pleasure, a most mighty lure to evil.
Tom tried to lure the guards away.
Sami was trying to lure Layla back into his life.
If you've ever gone ice fishing, you know that a long line, a slow, colorful lure, and a hearty portion of patience are often required to land this quiet quarry!
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How many have with a smile made small account Of Beauty and her lures
My Faulcon now is ſharpe and paſſing emptie, / And til ſhe ſtoope ſhe muſt not be full gorg'd, / For then ſhe never lookes upon her lure.
It had been sixteen years since the BBC’s Grace Wyndham Goldie wrote her internal memo about luring him back to make sociological/scientific TV programmes. Now a second note had circulated, from the science department, proposing that he should present the Corporation’s next educative megaseries.
Professor is what you become after teaching for twenty to thirty years. Research Professor is what you then want to become, so you can finally stop worrying about students and do the research that lured you into academia in the first place!
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