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US
/ˈɫʊɹ/
]
[ UK /lˈɔː/ ]
[ UK /lˈɔː/ ]
NOUN
- anything that serves as an enticement
- something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
- qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
VERB
-
provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion
He lured me into temptation
How To Use lure In A Sentence
- Recent studies have revealed a correlation between prognosis in heart failure and plasma levels of such neurohormones as endothelin, norepinephrine and renin, among others.
- This not only prevents the paint from being absorbed once the background's applied, it's also vital for craquelure to be successful. ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH'
- Metformin and sulfonylurea drugs -- the latter a class of diabetes drugs including glyburide, glipizide, chlorpropamide, tolbutamide and tolazamide -- are often among the first medications prescribed to lower blood sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes. Drug linked to increased risk for older diabetics
- It is the failure of the diaphragmatic pinchcock to open, as in the normal deglutitory cycle, rather than a spasmodic tightness, that obstructs the food. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
- Sometimes, when people die of heart failure, they first suffer angor animi, anguish of the soul. Times, Sunday Times
- After putting its energy into the 2008 acquisition of Northwest Airlines, the Atlanta-based carrier plans to spend more than $2 billion through 2013 to lure travelers with new flat-bed seats, video on demand and upgraded facilities in hotly contested markets such as New York. Delta Refocuses
- The French and Dutch results were punishment for political failure on a grand scale.
- Restlessness is discontent - and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man - and I will show you a failure. Thomas A. Edison
- Retrieve the lure rapidly in skips and skitters over the tops of lily pads, along log edges, and above the weeds. Bait and Switch
- Urging fellow MPs to buy ozone-friendly products, she said failure to do so would leave the world without an ozone layer. ANC Daily News Briefing