How to Use attract in a Sentence

attract

verb

• The chance to travel around the world attracted me to a career as a flight attendant.
• The bird's colorful feathers are used to attract a mate.
• The scent will attract certain insects.
• Her bright blue eyes attracted me.
• The museum attracts visitors from all over the world.
• Certain insects are attracted by the scent.
• The company has a difficult time attracting good employees because of its poor pay and benefits.
• Click here to read more about the way campaigns are leaning on Google and news to attract voters.
  — Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Aug. 2024
• Trump attracted a large crowd Saturday that showed up hours before the event.
  — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2024
• The honeydew—a sweet, clear liquid the lanternflies excrete as waste—attracts ants, wasps, and bees, which like to eat it.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 20 June 2023
• In the hands of influencers, they are fired at our timelines in a scattershot approach to attract a morsel of attention.
  — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2024
• Cleaning the tool was made simple due to the rubber bristles attracting the hair into a large clump, so it could be easily extracted from the broom.
  — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 13 June 2023
• But increasing small and medium size operations and attracting young people to farming is an uphill battle.
  — Amanda Gokee, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2023
• Corpse plants, which loosely resemble an enormous bok choy with a yellow pepper growing out of the center, can grow up to 8 feet tall and attract pollinators.
  — Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Aug. 2024
• The high-rise complex is just the latest downtown apartment property making improvements to attract residents.
  — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 14 June 2023
• They are attracted by the global reach of the clubs, but most of them want to see more restrictions on player spending, akin to the major leagues in North America.
  — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 17 Aug. 2024
• Bryant hopes to attract more donors in the coming year.
  — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2023
• But he isn’t attracted to her and hopes to throw her into the arms of his pal.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
• But who you’re attracted to — the who — is the most important thing.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Aug. 2023
• Food attracts stink bugs in your house just like other pests.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 7 July 2023
• The goal for the park has always been to attract people to the city’s downtown, which was long home to offices, Ladd said.
  — Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 23 May 2024
• All that trash used to sit on the street out of containers for hours, attracting rats.
  — Chantelle Lee, TIME, 15 May 2024
• The restaurant is one of the most famous in the country, attracting hordes of tourists and locals alike.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 15 May 2024
• Expect his food and drinks to attract many as people come from far and wide to Eden Roc for its Art Week events.
  — Essence, 4 Dec. 2023
• For starters, what attracts you to these down-on-their-luck everymen?
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2023
• And all he's done is now give someone else a chance to attract that vote in Iowa and South Carolina.
  — Jacob Rosen, Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 22 Sep. 2023
• That’s too bad, both for the historical record and for the new buyers of Barbie that the film’s success will attract.
  — Alexandra Lange, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2023
• The duo’s set on Friday attracted lots of bony youngsters in skullcaps.
  — M.t. Richards, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2023
• Some of these scholarships are used to attract wealthy students.
  — David Leonhardt, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2023
• Take a cue from Zillow's research and look to moody colors rather than the usual white or taupe to attract buyers.
  — Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Sep 2024