Example Sentences

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The waters near the beach are protected with drumlines - barrels anchored to the sea floor which have baited hooks to catch sharks that get too close.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2025

Krieger speculated that the true-story element might have baited social media sleuths into hunting for the real Martha.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2024

Instead of jumping into his assignment right away, Rivera said, Davis could have baited the lineman with an intentionally false step, forced him to overcommit and used his athleticism to evade the block altogether.

From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2022

In vain, scientists have baited siren traps with bacon, shrimp and chicken liver, then waited months to catch a single specimen, said Krista Ruppert, a biologist at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2020

Why, we might have baited a dozen traps and failed to lure them into my house, after that stout scoundrel knew you'd had the chance to tell me the whole yarn...

From The Black Bag by Vance, Louis Joseph