Example Sentences
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But the most difficult challenge was the fact that Norman didn’t know he was at the center of the production, so he had to be constantly baited.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
Of course, with the title at his fingertips, McIlroy baited the golfing gods on the final hole when he launched a drive into the trees and plunked his approach shot into a bunker.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
In tuna longlining, the ship uses a line made of thick microfilament, sometimes stretching as long as 40 miles, with baited hooks attached at intervals.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2025
But then, only five days later, they set a baited trap in the Sheep Meadow and tried to lure in Flaco using a recording of a hooting female owl.
From Salon • Feb. 18, 2025
The Cowboy skippered the boat; Otto sketched and fished; Perry baited hooks, daydreamed, sang, and sometimes fished; Dick did nothing—only moaned, complained of the motion, lay about sun-drugged and listless, like a lizard at siesta.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
