Lure is an English word of 4 letters with synonyms like enticement or bait. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Lure meaning
- Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
- An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.
- A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
Synonyms of Lure
Using Lure
- The main meaning on this page is: Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure. | An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish. | A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
- Useful related words include: enticement, come-on, bait, provoke.
- In the example corpus, lure often appears in combinations such as: to lure, the lure, lure the.
Context around Lure
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lure
- In this selection, "lure" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, lake, mossy, close, saltwater, works and global stand out and add context to how "lure" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a mossy lure module at and ability to lure in apostles. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lure" sits close to words such as camden, cv and directorate, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lure
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And of course, there is always the lure of being a barista. (12 words)
Fifth Group will close Lure in Midtown and debut Lure Saltwater Kitchen in its place. (15 words)
But that wasn’t enough to lure him back to the fold – not yet, anyway. (15 words)
To shorten or stop the outward cast of a lure or bait, the angler uses a finger or thumb placed in contact with the line and/or the leading edge of the spool to retard or stop the flight of the lure. (42 words)
Craighead was bound over in Justice Court on counts of using technology to lure a child and attempted statutory sexual seduction, but the District Attorney’s Office never formally charged him in District Court with those crimes, the clerk’s office said. (42 words)
After numerous failed attempts to lure the feline down, staff thought he had made his own way down from the silver birch tree, but he was found high in the branches once again days later on the following Tuesday (September 19). (41 words)
Example sentences (20)
Fifth Group will close Lure in Midtown and debut Lure Saltwater Kitchen in its place.
The Rocky Broad River flows into Lake Lure and overflows the town with debris from Chimney Rock after heavy rains from Hurricane Helene in Lake Lure, NC, Sept. 28, 2024.
The Mossy Lure works a lot like the Glacial Lure with Eevee, but here turns the Pokemon into Leafeon.
To shorten or stop the outward cast of a lure or bait, the angler uses a finger or thumb placed in contact with the line and/or the leading edge of the spool to retard or stop the flight of the lure.
After meeting the young witch Schierke, Guts got a reprieve when Schierke's mentor Flora applied a magical talisman over the Brand, nullifying its effects—including its ability to lure in Apostles.
After numerous failed attempts to lure the feline down, staff thought he had made his own way down from the silver birch tree, but he was found high in the branches once again days later on the following Tuesday (September 19).
Agriculture powerhouse Argentina has been offering tax breaks and security guarantees to lure global mining firms to invest in lithium, the coveted metal used in batteries that power both electric vehicles and small electronics.
And of course, there is always the lure of being a barista.
Asked how a move by Monumental might affect the state's efforts to lure the NFL's Commanders to Virginia, Youngkin said he could not comment.
A sport-obsessed Aussie who beat his gambling addiction after losing more than $200,000 still receives spam messages from casinos trying to lure him back.
As the caring Moon in your social sector reaches out to the warm Sun in your relationship zone, someone else might make an effort to lure your nose away from the grindstone.
At £599 it doesn't come cheap and might not be enough to lure people away from the appeal of Apple's iPad.
Authorities plan to lure the animals into large iron containers with food and then transfer them by truck to an airport in Rionegro, where they'll be flown to India and Mexico.
Beckham, who co-owns the Major League Soccer hopefuls, managed to lure Messi, 36, to Florida in July following his exit from Paris Saint-Germain.
But that wasn’t enough to lure him back to the fold – not yet, anyway.
CBN launched the eNaira at the peak of cryptocurrency hype in Nigeria primarily to lure youths away from crypto uses.
Craighead was bound over in Justice Court on counts of using technology to lure a child and attempted statutory sexual seduction, but the District Attorney’s Office never formally charged him in District Court with those crimes, the clerk’s office said.
David Greenfield, a psychologist and founder of the Center for Internet and Technology Addiction in West Hartford, Connecticut, said the devices lure users with some powerful tactics.
David Morgan would lure the troubled teen to his car and would supply him with drugs before having 'his way' with him, Reading Crown Court heard.
Drop a Mossy Lure Module at a PokeStop and evolve an Eevee nearby to get Leafeon.
Common combinations with lure
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to lure 117×
- the lure 24×
- lure the 20×
- lure of 20×
- lure them 10×
- lure in 8×
- lure people 8×
- lure him 6×
- lure more 6×
- lake lure 5×