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Definition of Attracts
1. attract [v] - See also: attract
Lexicographical Neighbors of Attracts
Literary usage of Attracts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1921)
"And there was the missionary himself—a kind of superman of the kind the church
attracts to her harvest pioneer outposts. ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"... but the massacre of Alexandria attracts still more attention, from the certainty
of the fact, the rank of the victims, and the splendour of the capital ..."
3. Principles of Business by Charles William Gerstenberg (1918)
"A word of caution is needed just here: the beginner must not strain his energies
toward extremes— not every effort that attracts attention will produce good ..."
4. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1893)
"... its donkeys and camels, its school with children crying the Koran aloud, and
its juggler plying his mystic trade, attracts great crowds. ..."
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