draw in

verb

Definition of draw innext
as in to rope (in)

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Recent Examples of draw in Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona The Pima Air & Space Museum opened in 1976 and continues to draw in visitors who are curious about all things aviation. — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2026 Even with massive growth in the industry over recent years, trading cards remain a niche industry — one that’s always looking for new ways to draw in more people. — Larry Holder, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Smaller, groundcovering sedums like ‘Fulda Glow’ and ‘Tri-Color’ draw in the eye with their fleshy leaves that come in striking shades of green, red, white, and more. — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 7 Sep. 2026 Erewhon, which opened on Beverly Drive in 2022, has become a draw in its own right, attracting a steady stream of visitors to the block. — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for draw in
Recent Examples of Synonyms for draw in
  1. persuade
  2. snow
  3. lure
  4. seduce
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  • So far, Siemens has managed to persuade companies to share their data in return for access to its AI model and the ability to request new use cases.
    — Sam Forsdick, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Peril at End House features Christie fan favorites like Arthur Hustings and Chief Inspector Japp and is set in Cornwall, where Poirot and Hastings meet a young woman who is persuaded that someone is out to kill her.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of persuade
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  • There are songs for each segment, which include Goofy cleaning up, a dark turn with Daisy in a power outage and snowed-in Pluto.
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2026
  • The food is rustic and cosmopolitan at once — bright, monumental salads, whole carrots and leeks baptized by fire, skeins of pasta, and Parmigiano snowing down — but the secret is the seeming effortlessness.
    — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Definition of snow
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  • The Sunday broadcast lured approximately 2 million viewers between the ages of 25 and 54 — the demographic most coveted by advertisers in news programming.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Eight months after pledging to attract more talent and capital to South Florida by luring world-class companies and universities to the region, two of the area’s wealthiest billionaires are putting that promise into action.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of lure
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  • Artificial plays like a modern-day parable in which the trickster god seduces the innocent.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Diaz centers music as the emotional vehicle that provides a philosophical structure for the character tropes and in turn psychologically seduces the audience to internalize certain ideas of social dynamics.
    — Damaly Gonzalez, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
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“Draw in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/draw%20in. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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