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Sentences ending with attract

Perhaps that was not unattractive in itself, since people who are very happy, and show it, are often most selfish too, and repel where they should attract. [11]
Haste was necessary for, at the first glance at the velvet, she had determined to wear it at the next dance in the New Scales, and she also saw distinctly in imagination the person whose attention she desired to attract. [10]
Herself a consummate coquette, she could not have maneuvered better on meeting a man she wished to attract. [2]

More example sentences with the word attract in them

But I was young, I was but seven years of age, and vain, foolish, and anxious to attract attention. [5]
To drop in with a poor little moral at the fag-end of such a gorgeous massacre was like following the expiring sun with a candle and hope to attract the world's attention to it. [5]
I was driving with a friend, the other day, through a somewhat dreary stretch of country, where there seemed to be very little to attract notice or deserve remark. [6]
The sharp, north wind which blew through the darkness did his aching head good, and still he racked his wits for some pretext to attract Hadrian from his labors, but in vain. [10]
True, his clever wife shared her husband's enthusiasm, and both understood how to attract the right advisers. [10]
The great lady, who probably remembered having directed Heinz's attention to Eva at the dance, understood very clearly that they could not fail to attract each other. [10]
It is they who can inspire by their example, and by their pursuits attract others to a higher conception of the national life. [4]
At noon he was still tramping--among the rabble which followed after the royal procession, now; for he argued that this regal display would attract his little lunatic powerfully. [5]
Sterling and the villages north, where there's universal gun-packing and fights every day--where there are more men like him, it seems to me they would attract him most. [13]
Some thought it unladylike for the young maidens to take part in a competition which must attract many lookers-on, and which it seemed to them very hoidenish to venture upon. [6]
It is not uncommon that a book owes its notoriety and sale to its title, and it is not easy to find a title that will attract attention without being too sensational. [4]
Others had come to see the imperial barge, which had been newly furnished up, and which was splendid enough to attract even the luxurious Alexandrians. [10]
I could speak to her, and attract no notice; and if she will not listen to me, why, then, that ends it. [11]
My idea was to attract the chivalry and nobility, and make them useful and keep them out of mischief. [5]
He understands how to attract poets and artists of all kinds to Athens, he has had the poems of Homer put into writing, and the prophecies of Musaeus collected by Onomakritus. [10]
And for a time we cut adrift from the second mate's boat, and steered so as to attract its attention. [5]
Therefore, the next time little Jacob woke, Kit set himself to attract his wandering attention, and this not being a very difficult task (one sneeze effected it), he signed to him to rouse his mother. [12]
Such occurrences as those just mentioned, though most important to be remembered and guarded against, hardly attract our notice in the midst of the gloomy facts by which they are surrounded. [3]
The effect of this new departure in journalism is beginning to attract attention. [4]
The sight recalled their last meeting and its painful termination, and therefore he had omitted to attract Frau Katharina's attention to her immediately. [10]
The pretensions of the ultramontane clergy are, indeed, remarkable enough to attract the attention of others besides the liberals of Bavaria. [4]
Nothing should suggest the desire to attract, and everything must exclude the idea of a petitioner of the poorer and commoner sort. [10]
If that is the case, the old woman's trade is a bad one, for youth is in itself a charm to attract love. [10]
Besides, he thought that, for many reasons, his friend would be less willing to settle in Alexandria, and that the presence of his uncle and Daphne would attract him to Pergamus. [10]
I wanted to sneeze myself, but it seemed to me that I would rather go unsneezed, or suffer even a bitterer torture, if there is one, than attract attention to myself. [5]
One of the rooms in the second story of the ladies' wing where she lodged was still untenanted, and her husband would be responsible if she occupied it, only Barbara must promise not to attract attention to herself by any sound or gesture. [10]
Looking down, she recognised Kit, whose endeavours to attract her attention had roused her from her sad reflections. [12]
I asked many questions, and gathered, in substance, this: Since Reid's return from Europe, the Tribune had been flinging sneers and brutalities at me with such persistent frequency "as to attract general remark. [5]
She would attract pupils, and her commerce would grow. [5]
We went to press, and I waited a day with some solicitude to see whether my effort was going to attract any notice. [5]
Something was taking place at his feet which did not attract his attention. [5]
He intended to perform its duties, and not only attract and please the beholder's eyes through his works, but elevate his heart and mind, as beauty, truth, grandeur, and eternity uplifted his own soul. [10]
Thousands of good people who in the midst of their everyday surroundings command our esteem and attract our regard give rise to very different feelings when they are taken out of the circle to which they belong. [10]
It was now Paula who gave the whistle to attract her nurse's attention. [10]
We took first-class passage, not because we wished to attract attention by doing a thing which is uncommon in Europe but because we could make our journey quicker by so doing. [5]
I don't go out to attract too much attention. [5]
If I branched out amongst the elect looking like this, wouldn't I attract considerable attention?--wouldn't I be a little conspicuous? [5]
With us, out our way, they would not necessarily attract as much attention as with you, yet they are often regarded with disapproval--" "Murder and arson are regarded with disapproval? [5]
Atoms attract each other and atoms repel one another. [2]
We have plenty of what you call time before us, and we will take our voyage leisurely, looking at such objects of interest as may attract our attention as we pass. [6]
Being the third of the Breakfast-Table series, it could hardly be expected to attract so much attention as the earlier volumes. [6]
For the sum of sixteen dollars I had the scarred and tarnished splendors of 'her' main saloon principally to myself, for she was not a creature to attract the eye of wiser travelers. [5]
It might be of much service to him but, if he put it on, it would attract attention and increase the danger of being recognized. [10]
The social conquest of a village--to be conspicuous and attract the groundlings in this tiny theatre of life, that seemed little! [11]
To attract his notice by another performance would have been the most natural course, but Barbara had placed herself in a singular relation toward the Emperor Charles. [10]
If they did not seem to discover me, I presently sneezed to attract their attention, or moved to a position where they could not help seeing me. [5]
This poem was not fitted to attract worshippers. [6]
He, indeed, did not attract a strong following, but opposition movements from different quarters appeared more formidable. [7]
Whoever erects a new house has a yearly allowance of corn, and in order to attract folks of our stamp--of whom he cannot get enough--he promises entire exemption from taxation to all sculptors, architects, and even to skilled laborers. [10]
Which are the more delightful to contemplate, the innumerable ships in the harbor, which communicate between this flowery land and other countries, and bless it with wealth, or the buildings which attract the eye in whichever direction it turns. [10]
Its unusual nature makes it stand out and attract an amount of attention which it is not entitled to. [5]
The work, though made from a careful study of original sources, did not please him, nor did it attract the public. [4]
Your many-colored hieroglyphics likewise attract the gaze, but baffle the inquiring spirit by the mystery that lies within their characters. [10]
We were to leave town quietly, after midnight, in two or three small parties, so as not to attract attention, and meet at dawn on the "divide" overlooking Mono Lake, eight or nine miles distant. [5]
The only book in sight, Whewell's--"Elements of Morality," seemed to attract flies. [4]
More than two hours passed and Gerasim took the liberty of making a slight noise at the door to attract his attention, but Pierre did not hear him. [2]
When he left home there was still a smack of the provincial about him; but now every kind of awkwardness had vanished, and wherever he might go--even in the Capital, he was certain to be one of the first to attract observation and approval. [10]
Hawkins approached, expecting his footfall to attract attention, but it did not. [5]
The street of Hermes, he explained, where the deaconess dwelt, was full of people, and the divine gift of beauty, wherewith Heaven had blessed her, would attract the baser kind, as a flame attracts bats and moths. [10]
I cannot dress here, it would attract attention; and I am not a first-class passenger. [11]
To fluff out her curls, put on fashionable dresses, and sing romantic songs to fascinate her husband would have seemed as strange as to adorn herself to attract herself. [2]
To be sure, he was vain as well as inventive, and here was an opportunity to attract the attention of his sovereign and increase his own importance by connecting his name with hers in a romantic manner. [4]
By these means he in time reached the door, where he gave a great cough to attract the dwarf's attention and gain an opportunity of expressing in dumb show, the closest confidence and most inviolable secrecy. [12]
They were stringing ground wires; we were afraid to put up poles, for they would attract too much inquiry. [5]
To-these I took good care not to attract the attention of the bird by any scarecrow whatever! [4]
Any little absurd gewgaw or gimcrack they had they disposed in such a way as to make it attract attention most readily. [5]
It may not get this start at all, and may have no career; but, if a crown prince introduce the precedent, it will attract vast attention, and its chances for a career are so great as to amount almost to a certainty. [5]
I blame him for, the indiscretion of introducing a novelty which was calculated to attract attention to our civilization. [5]
His father's business, for which he was intended, did not attract him. [10]
They could not fail to attract each other. [10]
Here he himself experienced a specimen of the selfish craft of which the Egyptians accused his people, and which certainly did not attract him, Hosea, to them. [10]
It was his duty, and it is every loyal man's duty to protect that heritage in every way he can; and the best way to do that is to attract attention elsewhere. [5]
The answers were discouraging: There was a strong guard or police force; the Piraeus was a small town, and any stranger seen in it would surely attract attention--capture would be certain. [5]
Fish says, "The determination of this government not to abandon its claims nor those of its citizens was stated parenthetically, and in such a subordinate way as not necessarily to attract the attention of Lord Clarendon. [6]
The other couples could not attract a moment's attention to their own evolutions and did not even try to do so. [2]
But in this case there were special reasons, in addition to the common family delusion,--reasons which seemed to make it impossible that she should attract a suitor. [6]
The Nile voyage came to an end at Thebes of the hundred gates, and here nothing that could attract the Roman travellers remained unvisited. [10]
Vigorous writing is calculated to elevate the public, no doubt, but then I do not like to attract so much attention as it calls forth. [5]
Petya pulled him by the arm to attract his attention. [2]
I supposed the best way to find him would be to continue to wear his clothes, which are conspicuous enough to attract his attention if I should meet him on the street. [5]
Orion, who stood behind her, had several times endeavored to attract her attention, but in vain. [10]
Her mother had been prevented from coming only by the warning that her disappearance would surely attract the attention of the spies. [10]
But it should be said that before the country can attract and retain travelers, its inhabitants must learn something about the preparation of food. [4]
Must my aim be an unworthy one because it does not attract the noblest? [10]
He felt it awkward to attract everyone's attention and to be considered a lucky man and, with his plain face, to be looked on as a sort of Paris possessed of a Helen. [2]
Such hearts spontaneously attract those for whom they yearn. [10]
Any noise might attract the attention of the guards, and he took as keen an interest in the attempt at liberation, as if Ephraim had made it at his suggestion. [10]
I like to attract some, and always I would like to be dressed so that I may be more conspicuous than anybody else. [5]
They would attract attention at any royal levee in Europe. [5]
Big Tom Wilson, as he is known all over this part of the State, would not attract attention from his size. [4]
Hatred and love are the opposite ends of the same rod; and how easily it is reversed!--Those two!--Like in blood is like in kind;--such people attract each other as the lodestone tends towards the iron and the iron towards the lodestone! [10]
Wishing to speak and to attract their attention, he got up, but at that moment his legs grew cold and bare. [2]
Actors in paint and tights stood without to attract the crowd within. [4]
Should he make a noise and attract the attention of the passer-by? [11]

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