lure
noun
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
had been luring
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past perfect progressiveof lure.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Until then, the trucking industry had been luring business away from trains by underbidding the railroad tariffs enforced by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of course it was to this that Peter had been luring them.
From Peter Pan by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
It was clear that the gentlemen in black had been luring him on by that best of decoys, success at first.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 by Various
His son was growing to manhood; and for years Spain had been luring James to a closer friendship by hints of the Prince's marriage with an Infanta.
From History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 by John Richard Green
No profit made its appearance any more than the cashmere with which he had been luring her on for the last six months.
From Sentimental Education Vol 1 by Gustave Flaubert
