attract

[ UK /ɐtɹˈækt/ ]
[ US /əˈtɹækt/ ]

VERB

direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
Her good looks attract the stares of many men
The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers
The ad pulled in many potential customers
This pianist pulls huge crowds
exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away
the gravitational pull of a planet attracts other bodies
be attractive to
The idea of a vacation appeals to me
The beautiful garden attracted many people

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How To Use attract In A Sentence

Frogs and newts have already been attracted to three new natural spring ponds at Abbey Meads School.
As a book about a nonoperational aircraft, Valkyrie will probably attract only a limited audience within the Air Force community.
The plateau is 1300 meters above sea level and attracts people for its natural beauties, clean weather, and cold spring water. Archive 2009-05-01
This was physical attraction, sexual temptation, nothing more.
It is quite absurd, not to mention infuriating, to have some moron from Sky burbling on about the next attraction when one has not had time to absorb the emotion from the film one has just seen.
She knew now how attractive Miguel could be when he wanted to be, and she knew he could manipulate her feelings.
The Communists vastly exaggerated their own Resistance role in order to attract postwar political support.
The attractive forces between molecules in a liquid are called surface tension forces and are what hold the liquid together.
John Sayles is often hailed as the king of independent cinema, so it is little wonder that his latest movie, Silver City, was able to attract such a mouth-watering cast.
The aim, therefore, was to attract substantial foreign investment.

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