lure
noun
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
have lured
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present perfectof lure.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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There is some evidence that investors have flocked to physical silver as gold has grown more expensive, and that both metals have lured traders away from that so-called digital gold—Bitcoin.
From Barron's ● Dec. 29, 2025
Its ambitions have lured brilliant minds to our country and funneled research dollars to our universities.
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2025
These studies weren’t necessarily wrong, but I suspect they were snapshots in time that might have lured some into concluding the entire effort was destined to misfire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
Cheaper labour and better tax breaks have lured producers away from the City of Angels for years.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025
What could have lured all those whales to their death? thought Matt as they trudged along the line of shrimp tanks.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
