lured

past tense of lure

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of lured Weiss is only in the earliest part of her tenure, but her presence at CBS News is already spurring scrutiny of a news division that hasn’t been seen since NBC News lured Megyn Kelly there from Fox News Channel in 2017. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025 Collins, a 20-year-old with a cognitive disability, died after prosecutors said she was lured to an apartment and stabbed 133 times. Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 10 Oct. 2025 In The Inheritance, 12 strangers arrive at a grand English country estate, lured by the opportunity to inherit a chunk of a fortune. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025 The few climbers who do attempt the peak in October are lured by smaller crowds and typically clear skies. Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2025 Amid the hangover of the 0-4 start, students shuffled out their dorms, lured by free food and faint promise of school spirit at the Rose Bowl. Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025 The group of teenagers lured Slemmer into a remote area of the University of Tennessee agricultural campus. Evan Mealins, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025 Three people have been convicted of murder in the killing of a man lured to a Sacramento County hotel in February 2020 and each face possible life terms in state prison in the deadly shooting. Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025 Chinese stocks, once seen as uninvestable by many, have lured back some foreign investors, spurred by the rise of tech startup DeepSeek and a series of surprising breakthroughs in high-tech industries. Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lured
Verb
  • Some may be tempted to quote Warren Buffett as a counterpoint, who was famously skeptical on the utility of gold.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Like some of the other band members, he was tempted to follow.
    Ivan Kashinsky, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Countless service members were seduced by the region’s beauty and fair weather and chose to settle here.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Models walking his sultry runway seduced the audience in beautiful suiting, a dress with a plunging neckline that mirrored an equally high slit.
    Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And, that, my friends, will be the cause of much celebration if he could ever be enticed to perform at, say, the National Theatre, the Royal Court or the Almeida or the Donmar or in the commercial West End.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
  • In the chain’s most recent earnings call last month, Kempczinski said customers more than doubled their visits after joining the program, enticed by discounts.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But Putin will not be persuaded by bluster and self-congratulation alone.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
  • In Bohn's case, after he was contacted on Facebook, the perpetrator persuaded him to move the conversation to Telegram.
    Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Lured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lured. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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