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lure English

Meaning lure meaning

What does lure mean?

lure

— verb provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion He lured me into temptation — noun qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward — noun something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed — noun (= bait) anything that serves as an enticement

Synonyms lure synonyms

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lure English » English

entice bait tempt seduce decoy allure enticement attract temptation attraction seduction induce draw allurement inducement beguile come-on charm inveigle fascinate ensnare trap seductiveness deceive fascination captivate call cajole beckon appeal snare persuade mislead loveliness invitation hook enchant coax cheat bewitch affinity wile trick tease sweetener spinner please mesmerize magnetize invite out

Topics lure topics

What do people use lure to talk about?
Language and thought Emotion Feel good Interested

Attract
Person Life Sexual relations

Attract sexually
Social behavior Behavior Honest

Deceive
Physical actions Move something Move something in a direction

Pull

  • What words refer to causing something to move towards you without touching it?
    attract lure draw

Conjugation lure conjugation

How do you conjugate lure?

lure · verb

Examples lure examples

How do I use lure in a sentence?

Simple sentences

No man can resist the lure of a woman.

Movie subtitles

The specially administrated zone of Nippon is a cowardly trap to lure us in!
When you finally managed to lure Scarlett into the ballroom, I imagine it all came as something of a reflex response.
I'm dressed to lure you, Antony.
They sing, they dance. they lure the sailors to their lair with their pale flesh.
Me up there like a monkey trying to lure poor idiots. into falling for smoke and mirrors. whilst you bat your eyelashes and stick your chest out.
Haven't I seen him, sitting beside the hardened sulphur pit. playing his weird horn, as if to lure the monster. back from death to do his evil bidding.
Soto lure him from his hiding place, someone else must sing.
Mr Tsutaya, could you lure her out?
Wait a minute, this may be some trick to lure us out.
We know how they can lure.
Maybe one of us could lure him out for a moment, and then the others could run in and grab Alice.
I even thought to lure them into my castle and from the ambush, slaughter 20 or 30, of the naked wretches.
We should drop a light bomb near Godzilla's path, so it can lure it away.
Your body has that perfection which perfection lacks. A lure not found in excellence.
Heavy fragrances confuse your senses, crimson flames, flaring up like visions, distant music and soft singing lure you deeper and deeper.
Lure a girl away from a guy she loves with things.
You see Mr. Holmes to catch one as clever as you I had to use a very special lure.
I tried to lure him out, but he stayed in his hole.
If you'll take the guns there, lure him out of his hole and into my hands.
A lure not found in excellence.
To convince all these imbeciles that Vogel was here, we had to lure them.
It should have had the lure of the forbidden fruit. But it had no interest for you. Too easy.
They lure children into their lairs, into woods, basements or cars.
I had to find the killer! That was the only way to lure him into a trap.
That creature's trying to lure you boys.
Less than a month has passed since this strong-willed man became the Hetman, but he's already managed to lure all of your men to the Sich.
I'm off there after lunch with a lure.
He was up on the warren and came to the lure like a lamb. like a hawk, I mean.
Didn't you lure this young woman to a cabin in Sun Valley?
I did not lure her.
I'll even tell you why. It should have had the lure of the forbidden fruit.
First she tried to lure him. Then she tried with me. Judge, sir.
What do you do besides lure men to their doom on the 20th Century Limited?
And you. you're dying to make love with me because you can't lure anyone else into bed. So you vent your frustration with your pitiful songs.
We can lure them to a place of our choosing.

News and current affairs

But, given the pressures of poverty and the lure of cash, what does it take for people to be able to make a genuinely free and informed choice about selling something as significant as a right to land?
Yet we can't resist the lure of the garbage can and its delights.
Of course, Russia won't look on happily if the EU tries to lure Ukraine.
The European Commission is also trying to lure reluctant governments into bolder action by offering them more fiscal room.
He understands the temptation of evil, the lure of forgetfulness.
Poverty drives some to take money in exchange for acts of violence, abetted by the lure of a false heroism that they were not able to act upon during Saddam's long reign.
But without more and deeper reforms, there will be too few of the preconditions for economic growth that lure investment--without which no growth is possible.
So the lure of Russia begins to be appealing, particularly as, yet again, a painful economic squeeze is approaching through no fault of the people here, and Bulgarians are resentful.
Moreover, in the Middle East, there is no safety net like the European Union, which has helped lure the Balkans out of the abyss.
Equally important for Pakistan is to expand and reform its public education system and improve basic services so that radical groups cannot lure young people into their educational and welfare networks.
Of course, this another ridiculous fabrication from the same man who famously said that the Bosnian Muslims had shelled their own villages in order to lure NATO into the war.
If banks are regulated at the national level, but do business internationally, national regulatory authorities have a permanent incentive to set lax standards to avoid driving business to other countries and to lure it from them instead.
These countries' investment-promotion agencies - indeed, those of all countries, including developed ones - should increasingly target firms in China to lure them to their shores.
But the lure of high private-sector wages has consequences for the quality of government, as South Africa is discovering.
In such dire circumstances, it is easy to lure girls with false prospects of attractive jobs abroad, often in bars, restaurants, and clubs.
But the ebb and flow can unsettle established politics - for example, when centrist parties move to the right to lure voters away from more extreme parties.
In Soviet times, communist leaders tried to lure people into the kolkhozes (collective farms) with promises of great crops and spectacular meat production.
The simultaneity of unmanageable uncertainties - the crux of globalization itself - may lure some into seeking to reverse a process that has become inescapable and over which no one has control.
Faced with an existential crisis as new technologies lure away their readers and viewers, traditional news media - just like bankers, car manufacturers, and solar electricity producers - are increasingly turning to governments for help.
In the current crisis, even the private rating agencies dramatically underestimated the risks involved, which helped lure international financial investors into purchasing mortgage-backed securities at exaggerated prices.

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