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
What lay beyond—the Beyond that had been luring them on and on, from river to river and land to land, for more than ten years?
From Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
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
Of course it was to this that Peter had been luring them.
From Peter Pan by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
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
