| 单词 | attract |
| 例句 | The steam engine had been nearly whisper-quiet, the hiss low enough that we didn’t attract a single shambler from the surrounding woods. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z But his explanation did not match his actions, just as Mary’s explanation for what she wanted in a man did not necessarily match who she was attracted to in the moment. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Gagging sporadically, the volunteer patiently scraped out the corpses, cooked up another sugar solution, and rehung the feeder, although already he was beginning to despair of ever attracting a hummingbird to his humble, accursed digs. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z With one of her fingers, chafed from many years of scrubbing her son’s mammoth, yellowed drawers, she tapped on the glass case to attract the saleslady. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The city was trying to attract businesses to its new Research Triangle Park and the civil rights pioneers figured that local stores, wanting to avoid any bad publicity, would be “pushovers.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He did not feel attracted to the widened playing field; he felt repelled by it. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z I supposed that he thought before that I was not only ugly but old too, and that now the knowledge that I was probably unused attracted him. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Zwicky’s deductions concerning dark matter wouldn’t attract serious attention for nearly four decades. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z For example, if Mary said at the start of the evening that she wanted someone intelligent and sincere, that in no way means she’ll be attracted only to intelligent and sincere men. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He felt that familiar buzz again, but he couldn’t stop to look lest he attract his mother’s attention. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Arnold explained that he was building a new agency and wanted to sell as many policies as possible in order to attract the attention of the biggest insurance companies. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z If I rush from shadow to shadow, I will attract attention, especially from the new motion-sensitive security cameras mounted to the streetlamps. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z None of us participated in his theater program, which at the time existed on a smaller scale and attracted just two of the A’s—artists and the nonathletically inclined academic kids. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z But she dared not shout, and if she could not attract their notice the Dolphin would sail past down the river and their chance would be gone. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z To Jaime, her vulnerability was more seductive than anything that had attracted him before. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it was a simple matter of being attracted to what I couldn’t have. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Calling on a powerful witch doctor, he asked him to provide charms that would be sure to attract a handsome man to the house. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z But Welles and his team attracted enough listeners during the summer for CBS to extend the program with thirteen new fall episodes. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z He did not know what to do with his hands; he wanted to put them into his coat pockets; but that would take too much effort and would attract attention. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The prestige of his outlandish voracity, of his immense capacity as a spendthrift, of his unprecedented hospitality went beyond the borders of the swamp and attracted the best-qualified gluttons from all along the coast. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z If it attracts a somewhat criminal element, then I belong here, I guess. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Beetle stayed hidden, more afraid to attract the taunts and torments of the boys than to lose the cat. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was held August 28, 1963, attracting as many as three hundred thousand people to the nations capital. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z It wouldn’t make the difference between yea or nay, but it might attract some attention. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Never had a river attracted him as much as this one. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z This attracted the attention of the warders, and they shouted at us to get back to work. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was nice, but I wasn't attracted to him and found him far too clingy. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z But how else could he attract the attention of the little boy? The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z At this close range he could perhaps make some gesture to Miss O’Hara or whisper something about Boethius that would attract her attention. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Demigods never carried cell phones, because their signals attracted too much monstrous attention, and none of her friends would be sitting around checking their e-mail. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z That might attract the attention of pedestrians or awaken the occupants of the house to defend themselves. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He was only trying to deserve the attention that he had already attracted. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She saw that in this he would not be swayed and recognized the hardness buried in him, the part of her husband that was attracted to the fighting and wanted to enter it desperately. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The conservative philosophy, by contrast, attracted wide support and was implemented in various contexts over a considerable period of time. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The group sponsored a rally at the Durham County Stadium that attracted 3,500 whites, who applauded the racist rhetoric of Roy Harris, president of the national organization. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Healdtown attracted students from all over the country, as well as from the protectorates of Basutoland, Swaziland, and Bechuana- land. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But it is doubtful if he has an awareness of being caught in an aerosol of chemical attract- ant. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys in our group had something that looked like a fishing net, and they would put the net on the ground and then sprinkle it with broken corn to attract birds. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew I had to act with her because she was attracting flies and I was keeping her spirit from moving on. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z My friend saw the priest from our mess going by in the street, walking carefully in the slush, and pounded on the window to attract his attention. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Newton noted that the matter in the tails of comets is dissipated in interplanetary space, lost to the comet and little by little attracted gravitationally to nearby planets. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Ever so slowly, we eased our way backward through the crowd, being careful not to attract attention. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Ira had ruined herself at the hands of the throngs that the tannery attracted. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, she continued, the trees are filtering the sraf as it moves through them, and some of it is attracted to the flowers. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Obviously not. Do I appear to be in a condition that would attract prospective employers? I had the good judgment to come home as soon as possible.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because they attracted sharks, and people thought they made a loud mess of the harbor.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I don’t happen to be attracted to the St. Francis of Assisi type. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z He is curious about her, attracted, flattered by the boldness of her pursuit. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Probably nothing in the way of promotion Holman’s Department Store ever did attracted so much favorable comment as the engagement of the flag-pole skater. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, he already knew that motion study was his element, and he had discovered something that apparently had never attracted the attention of industry before. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat in my lap and slapped my chest, trying to attract my attention. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z They are deeply attached to their mother, who did most of their rearing, but they are also attracted to the Woolner world and its possibilities. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I guess he was attracted to corpses and decay and not just to boys. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Harry and Hermione left in a hurry before the noise attracted Filch, and went back to the Gryffindor common room, which was now mercifully empty. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He could cany a burning stick and build a signal and perhaps attract attention. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z We sought to attract the widest possible sponsorship and invited some two hundred organizations — white, black, Indian, and Coloured — to send representatives to a planning conference at Tongaat, near Durban, in March of 1954. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Trails can be laid and followed, antagonists frightened and confused, friends attracted and enchanted. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet he continued, with just that sort of relentless bantering she seemed to attract from men who were married; until finally, happily, it did begin to seem almost all right, what had happened. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z We at last attracted the attention of a short-tailed shearwater. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I was watching one ringing a bell and throwing the secondhand clothes he was selling up in the air to attract passersby, when our car stopped at the hospital where I was to be examined. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z And if so, was that because the job tends to attract tough guys predisposed to violence? Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Others chimed in with more suggestions: a new roof for the village hall, food for families whose crops had failed, a fresh planting of blue willows to attract more hummingbears. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I can’t understand what it was about her that attracted me so much. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A lone osprey hovered overhead, attracted by a glimmer of baitfish in the shallows. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Ethiopia has always held a special place in my own imagination and the prospect of visiting Ethiopia attracted me more strongly than a trip to France, England, and America combined. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The moisture attracted crickets, who filled the long low room with their tiny songs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Warning not to be attracted by you, do you mean, Estella?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I don’t want to attract too much attention to myself, so I stay on the move, checking my watch constantly, trying to look as if I have a reason for being here. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “How does this sound? I’ll start leaving some food for you to use to attract more food for you to eat,” Nathan said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I may there discover the wondrous power which attracts the needle and may regulate a thousand celestial observations that require only this voyage to render their seeming eccentricities consistent for ever. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z Local newspapers panned his lecture as rambling nonsense, and he couldn't attract audiences. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The group was becoming boisterous enough to attract attention on the street. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Chaos had followed the fall of the South, just as war-ravaged societies always attract thieves and grifters. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Some of the people flocked to them, attracted to their laughter and fun. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z On and off, he continued his efforts to attract scholarly interest. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It turned out that Trujillo had been visiting some official’s house next door, and attracted by the shouts from our volleyball game below, he had gone out on the balcony. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A Sunday prayer meeting/protest on the City Hall steps attracted a crowd of 450. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Eventually, people stopped caring; other dramas flared up and attracted the flutter of gossip. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z When I discussed Minnijean’s predicament with Elizabeth, she appeared alarmed and agreed that we ought not attract unnecessary attention to ourselves. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Right from the start he attracted curious glances. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “But you knew I wasn’t attracted to him, right?” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Unlike the other alleys, where the vendors had big orb-lit signs and played music to attract customers, the vendors here had no signs at all. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z However, the matter is all attracting itself by gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They were so different, but she understood not wanting to attract attention. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Powell was on his feet and had attracted the attention of one of the monster robots by the simple expedient of pounding the machine’s thigh. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z He’s the math whiz, the kind of student that schools like MIT and Caltech and the University of Waterloo attract by the hundreds. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Even in this slightly grubby inn Waterside, I was attracting attention. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Each would attract body B with the original force. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dark matter is love. It’s the attracting force.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Unlike many of the double agents who preceded him, Aldrich Ames did not turn to spying because he was attracted to communism. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He fell for the shy singer with the soft laughter and huge sparkling eyes who was almost as tall as he, and Marian, as she later admitted, was attracted to Orpheus. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z The pickup games in the parking lots around town began to attract more players and to get more intense. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z "Common travelers attract less notice. A father and daughter taken to the road on some family business, say." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He had an excited, triumphant look which attracted everyone’s attention immediately. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The Earth gravitationally attracts us with a certain force, which if we are falling we experience as an acceleration. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And although he always refused to discuss secret matters, even his refusals could attract attention, further angering the NSA. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z But it had old-school style and had attracted a lot of famous demigods over the years, like the Beatles and Alfred Hitchcock, so I figured we were in good company. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The bats were hunting among the flies and moths attracted to the soapwort. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of the war, Wegener’s theory didn’t attract much notice at first, but by 1920, when he produced a revised and expanded edition, it quickly became a subject of discussion. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Vagabonds with a bit of cash could travel toward China without attracting attention. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “The Dumpster has four wheels and attracts flies.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z As it prospered, Mutal attracted considerable attention—which, in the end, may have been the king’s undoing. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z This fame also attracted many of the thieves and robbers who lurked in the markets. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z “Who are you attracted to? Do you have sexual feelings for men?” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The boy Mozart was ‘famous’ as a child prodigy, to be sure, but famous in this context meant 'attracting comment and wonderment for brief spells at various royal courts of Europe'. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The inn’s reputation was eclipsed by more modem establishments with roulette wheels and long-legged dancing girls, but it continued to attract honeymooners from the provinces, who admired its worn charm and elaborate iron grillwork. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z However, Hyde was not part of the official team and his observations attracted little notice. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I wrench my mouth free and scream, but screams in Faerie are like birdsong, too common to attract much attention. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It attracted whatever refuse there was in the office, and whenever pens, eyeglasses, purses, or cigarette lighters were missing they could usually be found somewhere in her desk. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As Dorian swept past in the arms of the cowboy, Ignatius tried futilely to attract his attention. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z One had to sit, attracting all eyes to the conch, and drop words like heavy round stones among the little groups that crouched or squatted. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z When they become sizable, they also gravitationally attract gas, mainly hydrogen, in the cloud. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z No other teachings will attract me, since this man’s teachings have not done so. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Mary Ellen would doubtless have attracted a measure of it if she had not dropped out. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z That’s because of the effect of statistically frequent word sequences: the pair sex with attracts the phrase on the right; the pair on drugs attracts the phrase on the left. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I cried in a hushed voice, lest I attract attention and we all die. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z During the years of puberty they begin to attract Dust more strongly, and it settles on them as it settles on adults. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “The Amyr are dramatic figures. When we are young we all pretend to be Amyr and fight battles with willow-switch swords. It is natural for boys to be attracted to those stories.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z That the bone didn’t attract greater interest is more than a little puzzling, for its appearance came at a time when America was in a froth of excitement about the remains of large, ancient animals. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Ads were posted in Spain to attract sugar workers there; even a few African Americans came from the mainland. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z To help attract attention, he called them by a catchy name: geoglyphs. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z His clothing—the gift of the pig farmer—was made locally and attracted little attention. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Pocock was attracted to the idea of trying the native cedar. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Her case attracted national attention, but civil rights advocates declined to use her as a plaintiff because she got pregnant by an older man shortly after her arrest. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z His T-shirt is blazing white, sure to attract attention. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Leaving separately, they had attracted little attention, and the gates had been easy to exit, just as Haiyi had predicted. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Melba had ambitions to be more than just someone who lived on the Avenue, and that attracted me to her. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z "We spent that night burning our codes and secret documents in a sheltered corner of the garden in the hope that the bonfire would not attract the attention of the North Korean military." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Every eye in the room focused on Sister Loretta; no one moved and not one boy tried to attract the attention of another boy. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The hardest thing for Rusakov to understand was why the new particle seemed to cluster where human beings were, as if it were attracted to us. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z At this moment the phrase “police reform” has come into vogue, and the actions of our publicly appointed guardians have attracted attention presidential and pedestrian. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z None of them came, of course—wrestling wasn’t the sort of sport that naturally attracted spectators other than parents—but the invitations always came so effortlessly from Toby’s lips. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The drawing of the lots to determine who’d play what color, scheduled for noon at the Hotel Esja, attracted hundreds of journalists, officials of the ICF, and members of both the American and Russian sides. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “We will soon have much to do in Erilea. Prepare yourself. And stop pushing your plan to use the Eyllwe princess—it’s attracting too much attention.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Rowan and her scheming sisters did not want to attract notice, but their sullen silence soon had the guards giving them queer looks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Even more than most rabbits, Bigwig loved a story and now he felt attracted by the prospect of hearing something new in this strange warren. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d watched them time and again, attracted so to that dance of straight backs and muscled black arms. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z If anything, they encouraged Alice Paul and her allies to stage more provocative protests that attracted larger crowds and led to more arrests. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The idea was to get in among a completely fresh crowd, so that Turner’s sudden recovery did not attract the attention of an officer. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But one thing was certain: Even the smallest drop of blood attracted the piranhas like a nail to a magnet. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z It was not the language of Sassoon but the violence of war that attracted me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I was starting to feel attracted to him more than I ever had before, and I felt totally lame about it. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The front lawn didn’t take long, but before I was done the next-door neighbor came to the fence, attracted by the dust cloud. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to be attracted to him. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She examines them sternly, going down the line, just as a gnat, attracted by the lotion perfuming her legs, lands on her big toenail and gets stuck. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The only tricky part was doing this in an unobtrusive way, so as to avoid attracting Muggle attention. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z "Maybe I'm really attracted to Korean guys," she said, "and I don't even know it." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z In the Chinese culture it is not proper for girls to wear this color because it attracts too much attention. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z To attract women, speakeasies began featuring jazz bands, torch singers, and other forms of entertainment along with their booze and food. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The island attracted saltwater fish into its subterranean tunnels—how, I don’t know; perhaps fish ate the algae as gluttonously as I did. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The volunteers and the ordinary audience fires attract looked around at the lighted faces, trying to see Mr. and Mrs. Ames and their daughter. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I'm not attracted to real girls, he'd thought at the time. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Sesame Street is best known for the creative geniuses it attracted, people like Jim Henson and Joe Raposo and Frank Oz, who intuitively grasped what it takes to get through to children. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z None of this is about replacing Will by attracting someone else. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z We know we cannot rationally describe the kind of person we will fall in love with: that’s why we go on dates—to test our theories about who attracts us. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Questions that emerge from worldwide comparisons of human societies formerly attracted much attention from historians and geographers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Then, again led by Paul and Burns, they went on a hunger strike, a strategy designed to attract public attention to what the denial of women’s right to vote had led to. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I thought I would have to call out to attract his attention, but a few steps short of the entrance to the ward he saw us. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Before long, however, the chair started to attract the attention of some of the very cutting-edge elements of the design community. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Like any celebrity, Ignatius had attracted his fans: his mother’s jinxed relatives, neighbors, people Mrs. Reilly had not seen for years. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Naturally, strawberry plants didn’t set out with a conscious intent of attracting birds when, and only when, their seeds were ready to be dispersed. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Abra said, “You think you’ve got it all, don’t you? You think you attract bad things—” “Well—” “Well, I’m going to tell you something. My father’s in trouble.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z People had to travel to him, and they might have to wait a long time to attract his attention. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The so-called Gateway of the Sun attracts pilgrims by the thousands who seek astronomical meaning in its location. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Positive numbers if the boy is more attracted to the girl; negative if vice versa. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Matthew attracted friends like a rainbow attracts leprechauns. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The slower the journey, the more dangerous it would be, and stragglers would attract elil and discourage the rest. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As a commotion began building around us, Mother took my arm, and we moved fast, sometimes crouching to avoid attracting more attention. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z No political gathering managed to attract so many people until half a century later, when the first Marxist candidate attempted, through strictly democratic channels, to become President. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z At the Gazzloft, Dr. Gazzaley attracts the attention of the old-fashioned variety: A beautiful woman with long black hair, dressed in a tight skirt, gives him an adoring eye. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z A man, an ape, a blue-footed booby tries to attract a female to mate with. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “A bounty on our heads...as if we didn’t attract enough monsters already.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Take Laurel and Jason. They’re good runners. Make a wide arc around the Hunters, attract as many as you can. I’ll take the main raiding party around to the right and catch them by surprise.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z They did as they were told, partly because they didn’t want to offend any guard or even attract his attention and partly because the crowd made them. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The show itself attracts bad adjectives: “abrasive,” “aggressive” and “shrill.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “But don't get robbed on your way home now. All those tourists out there with their cameras and bulging wallets attract thieves like flies.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The peerless laboratory facilities and distinguished faculty of New Haven, Connecticut, attracted an especially promising crop of young researchers. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The Ashida sale, which was considered a success, attracted not quite a hundred customers. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “But the Ministry never attracted me as a career. Again, something we have in common, I think.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “You and Brer were trying to figure out how to build a Story Box when the monsters came. They were attracted by the stories you had won from Nyame, and they captured Brer.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The initial successes of both Pizarro and Cortes did attract native allies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z We had counted on the commotion to attract Mother’s attention, and now she opened her window and put her head out. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z But at first, thinking they were merely trying to attract attention in order to say hello, Linda smiled self-consciously and waved. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He had heard it was her birthday, and had dared to bring her a gift—nothing that would attract attention, just a small decorated box of sweetmeats. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “Just trying to attract attention,” Baby Kochamma said and resolutely refused to have her attention attracted. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s get back to the room with the port. It’s the only place from which we might attract attention.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The idea is, attract small fish into the chum slick and the big fish will rise up to feed on the small fish. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z When I was a kid, Mom slept in air thin and nervous as a magnetic field, attracting small disturbances. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It occurred to her that the sounds might attract predators, and so she dragged unburned chunks of wood together and rekindled them with the still-hot coals. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "Well, they'll still be attracted to your purse, if nothing else," someone says. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I thought having my own place would automatically attract girls to me. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z But they were so attracted to Flo that they overcame their fear in order to keep close to her. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Father Mike didn’t want to attract the police. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Unlike Western cities, Tiwanaku had no markets—no bazaars full of shouting, bargaining, conniving entrepreneurs; no street displays of produce, pottery, and plonk; no jugglers and mimes trying to attract crowds; no pickpockets. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It hit the glass with a thunk—not nearly loud enough to attract attention. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z There was nothing about this father that attracted him and nothing that he feared. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Marian attracted her biggest audiences at black schools and churches in the South. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z “They attract the ball and are one with the ball.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Or I could fall on the sidewalk and attract attention. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z We attracted a lot of attention when we traveled because we were poor and Jewish and my mother was handicapped. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t want any of your Anchors being members of the opposite sex you’re attracted to,” Dr. Minerva says. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Afraid of attracting the wrath of the Nazi proprietress, he sat down uncomfortably on the curb and decided to wait. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother looked him directly in the eyes and said, “Your father is a good man and he loves you very much. He just seems to attract the wrong stepmothers for you boys.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The colorful cologne bottles attracted me, but my experience with after-shaves was not favorable. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Tyler has one sibling, an older brother studying music at Bloomsburg University, one of the Pennsylvania state colleges that attract Truman students. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Newton realized that, according to his theory of gravity, the stars should attract each other, so it seemed they could not remain essentially motionless. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But he was really attracted to her because Roberta was happy and that showed. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Nothing treasonable transpires at these meetings; but, once one is a Communist, one does not have to be guilty of wrongdoing to attract the attention of the police. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, the first thing I was going to have to do was to attract far more willing heads and hands than my own. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z As yet in the experimental stage, but nonetheless interesting, is the initial success in attracting male mosquitoes to playback recordings of the flight sound of the female. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z They had sat so for ten minutes or more when the sound of wheels far down the road attracted their attention. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z He hid caches of food under the sawdust, not to eat later, but to attract bugs. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t figure out if he wants only a good friend, or if he’s attracted to me as a girl or as a sister. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z How some of them used bait, like a glowing orb, to attract their prey. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It’s not just their visibility that attracts brands to an association with celebrities: it’s their image. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z He constantly attracted suspicion for his corruption and for his unorthodox treatment of Jews. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z In those two years he had had time to regret his decision and to learn that without Blanca he had lost his taste for the young girls who had previously attracted him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Hell, he’d never given any sign that he was gay or that he was attracted to anyone other than white girls. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z When news of Shaffer’s hike leaked out, it attracted a good deal of attention—newspapers came to interview him, the National Geographic ran a long article—and the AT underwent a modest revival. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z In the same way, the early unconscious stages of crop evolution from wild plants consisted of plants evolving in ways that attracted humans to eat and disperse their fruit without yet intentionally growing them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The declaration attracted a good deal of press attention but was unfortunately premature. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I turn the pages slowly, doing my best not to attract attention with the rustling sound of pages turning. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It was mostly empty, the weather still too cold to attract many patrons. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She was determined and deliberate in everything she did, and that quality attracted people to her. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I’m a fool for thinking that my little stunt last night would have attracted anything less than a spotlight. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His women, of course, knew it, and it provoked diem into murderous battles over him in die streets, brawling thick-thighed women with knives disturbed many a Friday night with their bloodletting and attracted whooping crowds. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “For a while, May Castellan had many talents. She attracted the attention of Hermes himself. They had a beautiful baby boy. For a brief time, she was happy. And then she went too far.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z As her reputation grew, Maria attracted a circle of young women artists eager to learn her skills. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Aristotle needed to attract pupils—and while his rival Isocrates was teaching rhetoric, the Lyceum needed to be able to compete. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Lennie crept to his bunk and sat down, trying not to attract attention. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z So yes, I’m definitely attracted to her, but there’s something else too, and I’m not just saying that because she has the nicest legs in the known universe. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The slightly meaty odor of morels attracts flies, which lay eggs in the safety of the mushroom’s hollow stalk. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Studies have shown that the pupils of people who are attracted to each other dilate from the presence of dopamine. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z And when the subject of the main clause is the dummy element it or there, the reader glides right over it, and it poses no danger of attracting a dangler. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Sander and I stood just inside the door and tried to attract Nick's attention, but he was too absorbed in his ale, or had absorbed too much of it, to notice. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I could not be attracted to Al—I could not be attracted to anyone that fragile. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Like me, she did not want to attract anyone's attention to our good fortune. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Toward the very end, the sores all over his face and mouth attracted flies. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She was wearing a set of spangled silver robes that were attracting a certain amount of giggles from the onlookers, but otherwise she looked quite nice. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Small planes did no doubt pass within sight of the bus from time to time, but McCandless would probably have had to start a fairly large forest fire to be sure of attracting their attention. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the cities had a box around it, intended to attract the reader’s eye. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Fred yelled happily, but he was wrong; as though it was magnetically attracted to Harry, the Bludger pelted after him once more and Harry was forced to fly off at full speed. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Or, as excellent as she could be without attracting attention. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He is still strong, but the energy and confidence that attracted girls to him are gone. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you spent that many years on your own, without training or help, you should be dead. A son of Neptune? You’d have a powerful aura that would attract all kinds of monsters.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z "Am I now going to be less sensitive," he thought, already sucking greedily on the cheese, which had strongly attracted him right away, more than all the other foods. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z All women, by their nature, are fragile and weak: they are attracted to the male in whom they see strength. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Remarkably, the building of the longest footpath in the world attracted almost no attention. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The narrow, dimly lit saloon attracted actors, stagehands, and playgoers from Ford’s Theatre next door. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Our goal should be to attract the attention of the people who have the power to revoke the permits for the metal detectors.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The thud of Ignatius’ fall had attracted Miss Trixie from the ladies’ room; she came around the files and tripped on the mountain of supine flesh. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As a student, Winnie had been attracted to the Non-European Unity Movement, for she had a brother who was involved with that party. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Only male crickets could produce the sound, drawing the one wing against the other, all to attract a mate. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z We histled he would attract the Enemy and I grabbed at his Ankles to fell him, & fall he did, & lay in the Sand without Sign of Life beneath the Glare of our Townsmen. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Now I was simple-minded it seemed I attracted clean, handsome people. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He seems to have taken no notice of the mother and son for a long time, but at last Danaë attracted his attention. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Her militancy frightened some, but it attracted many more to the cause. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Some of us traveled with our offerings to the mountains, where Obatala is said to live, and placed white flags around the house on Palmas Street to attract peace. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Let me say this first: I was not attracted to you, Bryce. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Quietly, so as not to attract his attention, she followed him along the path that he took towards the riverbed. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Celia remembers how her own eyes were once like her son’s—hollow sockets that attracted despair like a magnet. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Few people knew much about the youngest politician ever to hold that post—but his youthful appearance and energetic personality immediately attracted the attention of the international media. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z It looks more attracting than you might think. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z I looked away for a minute, because being so attracted to Renee made it hard to concentrate on what she was saying. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z In the very act of revealing myself to Richard Parker by bringing down what blocked his view, I made a great loud noise to attract his attention. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He had always heard sharks were attracted to blood in the water, blood or meat or garbage, but there wasn’t anything on that side of the boat to attract a shark. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z From the air sharks could be seen moving in, attracted by the helpless and dying fishes in the water. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Among those attracted to him were not a few members of the opposite sex, and he wasn’t immune to the attention. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z "You come on-" Piggy clutching the ground was trying to attract Ralph's attention. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z It was as if all of us were afraid of attracting the attention of whatever creatures—gods, dragons, or demons—had caused the earthquake. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Cases in point are the kelpie, whose sole aim in life is to attract humans towards it, and the Pogrebin, which seeks out humans for itself. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The best way of attracting a handsome husband was to find a special tree, part of which would have been burned. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z These examples reemphasize that the same few suitable wild species attracted the attention of many different human societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The baby of the family, Lai, was only two months old, and Nguyen and her mother were careful to keep her quiet so they didn’t attract any attention. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z That goes especially for women I’m attracted to. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But my movement had attracted the white woman’s attention. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z "You attract bad vibes. Now, pull the anchor." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z See, I got a way of attracting strange characters. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z The promenade wasn’t much to look at, a wide, crumbling paved area, dotted with litter, evidence of the island’s half-hearted attempts to attract tourists. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z "Listen, the phone will attract the wrong attention. How are you going to explain having one when no one else in the world has it? I'm doing you a favor, Zack." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Berti’s experiment had been performed in a public place, but there is no evidence that it attracted any attention. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Free” land, with all its resources, was a magnet that attracted European settlers to the Americas. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z I was attracted to their guns, because the guns seemed honest. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z It seemed different now that I wasn’t attracting hostile stares. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There he attracted his employer's attention with a polite cough, then whispered in the tatter's ear: 'I'm very sorry, sir, but there appears to be a tiger in the dining room. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Do you know how strange it is to meet your mortal enemy and end up being attracted to her?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Marine recruiter tells me that three Truman seniors have already enlisted, but he hopes to attract a couple more from the 2010 senior class. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Along with the other contestants, I wear a satin sash over my indigena clothes, which, like peacock feathers, attracts the attention of the young indigena men in the room. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the day, when Chantal picks us up, she attracts a small crowd who insist on talking to her about everything and nothing. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Any object, such as a human body, is attracted more strongly to a large planet than to a small one. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Luna learned that a magnet will attract some things and ignore others. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I remembered Perilee’s comments about the clothes on the line attracting the antelope. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z In Under- standing Our Universe, I read that a magnet’s north pole attracts another magnet’s south pole, but it repels another magnet’s north pole. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We threw in tortilla bits, trying to attract the little gray fish and goldfish that hid under murky waters. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The Panther blew out his fragrant breath, which attracted his prey, without interest for them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew long ago and rediscovered that the best way to attract attention, help, and conversation is to be lost. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z W.E. was trying to attract her attention without getting Trotter’s, mouthing some words through a full load of cookie crumbs. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z She tipped him and climbed behind the wheel, attracting looks. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was no more than a foot high—one of those artificial falls, common on the chalk streams, made to attract trout. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I shall take the job temporarily. I must admit that the ‘Levy Pants Plan’ rather attracts me.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The answer to this seemed, almost unquestionably, No. Not only did he behave as if he wasn’t attracted to Bunny, he acted as if he were hardly able to stand him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z THE funeral was arranged to attract the largest number. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z At Clear Lake the western grebe is a breeding bird and also a winter visitant, attracted by the abundant fish of the lake. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z After a few seconds, the game’s attract screen came back up, showing the four ghosts, their names, and their nicknames. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “The house has a way of attracting the right people.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He wrinkled his nose in disgust at the odor, which filled the wood around and was already attracting ants and bluebottles. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z "But you can't get around the fact that you're the first of our people to attract attention to it, can you now?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to knock on the glass to attract attention, but I couldn't move. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z At first, I thought it was kind of strange that Chencho seemed to be attracted to the youngest among us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Perhaps for that reason, it has attracted the wide attention of researchers and theorists since the mid-nineteenth century. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Ignatius looked over at the bar to try to attract some sort of service and caught the eye of the bartender who had served his mother and him. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Rishi had heard once you were attracted to someone, your brain could actually rewire itself and make you think all kinds of sucky things about them were perfect. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The most watched news broadcaster in America was trying not to attract attention. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z As an example of how would-be plant hitchhikers attract animals, consider wild strawberries. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes we act the fool on the bus and attract attention. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the kind of cough intended to attract attention, and the gods turned to see who had coughed. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z At last we came to the huge cathedral which had attracted my awe the night of my arrival. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z It’s the banner that attracts the newspapers: this kind of thing is new, it’s an event, and it promises disruption. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z They were attracted by the aroma of fish, the work of a child who'd copied the Pilgrims of old and buried sardines with her seeds. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Once again I was listening with rapt terror to the lives of the saints and the martyrs, although that wasn’t really what attracted me this time. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z I see the starry night sky, the darkened road, streetlamps attracting bugs. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z He stamped to attract his attention and Kehaar sailed across to him with one beat of his wings and a long glide. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Painted Rock Cave has attracted scientists since the midnineteenth century, when Alfred Russel Wallace visited it. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Bodies moved, forces attracted and repelled, but time and space simply continued, unaffected. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The leprechaun bears live young and lives mostly in forest and woodland areas, though it enjoys attracting Muggle attention and as a consequence features almost as heavily as the fairy in Muggle literature for children. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Everest has attracted its share of men like these. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Especially when Starry started attracting men as well as boys. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Otherwise, Newt had ordered all lights extinguished despite the pale, deathly glow of their new sky—no sense attracting any more attention than necessary. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Besides, after that nighttime visit in London, I'm not interested in attracting a dangerous audience. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Any girl suspected of being attracted to girls was gossiped about, victimized, and shunned. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Leaving the building in this condition might attract attention to them, so Harvey had a washing machine and dryer installed in the warehouse. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z However, it was inconsistent with the Newtonian theory of gravity, which said that objects attracted each other with a force that depended on the distance between them. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Fools attract elil by being easy prey,” said Bigwig, cleaning the mud out of his whiskers and blowing through his long front teeth. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And why, you might ask, was the otherworldly, deeply religious Patria attracted to such a creature? In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I walk in the shadows of buildings, hoping my footsteps won’t attract any attention. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Nhamo was so pleased with the unusual attention she had attracted, she began to embroider the tale. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When the drought was just a normal drought, before the intense water restrictions, the fountain attracted mountain lions. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I have achieved, finally, a face that a mustache can be drawn on, a face that attracts mustaches. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Today the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is the most visited memorial in Washington, DC, attracting three million visitors every year. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Of course a struggling animal would attract predators—she had been foolish to put off checking the snares. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Jones constantly crisscrossed the state, attracting thousands of mostly poor whites with his message of white supremacy. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z It also attracted the admiration of the world at large. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I assumed that a big part of his mission was to attract higher-quality students to Rider in order to elevate its profile and reputation, but his attitude toward Truman actually angered me. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Little had I known then that it would attract the god of rot. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I don’t know how to get to him without attracting attention. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “But isn’t it going to attract too much attention? Won’t everybody stop and stare at such a small automobile?” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z They shuffled and scratched, and Jamie even emitted two very false sneezes to attract my attention. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z As Bobby was becoming more involved in the world of chess, he attracted the attention of a wealthy and unusual man named E. Forry Laucks. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z These were all strategically significant locations, places that would attract attention and worry the state. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I moved carefully, avoiding blows, although not too many to attract attention, fighting from group to group. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have to keep them switched off so I don’t attract too much attention,” he said with a slick smile. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Mothers stopped up their babies’ mouths so their crying would not attract the planes. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The stink from the lavatory and the stable attracts rats and we have to chase them with our new dog, Lucky. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Florence was wearing a heavy, old-fashioned garnet brooch, which, as she opened the door, immediately attracted John’s eye. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He attracted more monsters, scattered more crowds of tourists, and led his now massive following of katoblepones through the winding streets of the old city. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The third type of technology is the kind that is so effective that it seems to attract the least public notice; it has come to be taken for granted. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My own interest is attracted to the fact that these things are done at all. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was not alone the distance that had attracted the Savage to his lighthouse; the near was as seductive as the far. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It was on the ground floor, where, moving late at night, all of us could come and go without attracting notice. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He keeps feeding them with his flies, and the number of the latter is becoming sensibly diminished, although he has used half his food in attracting more flies from outside to his room. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z She didn’t think it was at all wise to attract his attention. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The other patrollers were boys and men of bad character; the work attracted a type. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I told him I understand if he’s not attracted to me. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z No black singer had ever appeared in Scandinavia before, and one with the name Anderson, a very common name in Sweden, was sure to attract attention. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z That assertion attracted the full attention of law enforcement officials. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Both as a means of avenging him and of preventing other such deaths . . . yes, and of attracting lost members back into the ranks. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Could one attract it to one’s side, one could keep it upon one’s shoulder, and call it Hector, and it would be a fine, fine thing.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Anatole explained it this way: Like a princess in a story, Congo was born too rich for her own good, and attracted attention far and wide from men who desire to rob her blind. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It was just like Sansa to go and attract the septa's attention. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Instead they created havens to attract elk, deer, bear, and other game for hunting. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Chandresh joins them at this point, followed closely by his assistant, Marco, a handsome young man with striking green eyes who quickly attracts the attention of both Burgess sisters. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The jam-packed, busy place with the big “Under New Management” sign in the window would attract speculators, usually other Jews who were around looking for something to invest money in. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Because they are dark, they are almost always quite moist, thereby attracting the standard insect and alligator community that prefers a moist climate. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Standard Soviet tradecraft was to wait no more than five minutes at a pub- lic meeting spot—any longer could attract attention. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z To prove his family was patriotic, and because he thought being in uniform would attract girls, Country Joe had joined the navy in 1959 at the age of seventeen. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Of course some of the students attracted to it have problems; they’re in high school. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z A large photograph of an elderly man in yachting costume attracted me, hung on the wall over his desk. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z We were holding a whispered argument, neither of us in a hurry to attract attention. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Astronomers have observed many systems in which two stars orbit around each other, attracted toward each other by gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Above one tiny shop he saw a sign that attracted him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s like chemistry, some elements are attracted to each other and it doesn’t matter that they can explode. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z And, one day, the leader of the caravan made the decision that the fires should no longer be lighted, so as not to attract attention to the caravan. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “His drawers are full, and it’s attracting every bug for miles.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Positive numbers if the boy is more attracted to the girl; negative if vice versa. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Liddy didn’t want them to break the glass door—that might attract attention. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Secretary of War Knox advised the squatters’ leaders to continue building in order to attract more illegal settlers. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z The sight of a tree at night flail of glowing Clabbert pustules, while decorative, attracted too many Muggles wishing to ask why their neighbours still had their Christmas lights up in June. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The gearshift was what attracted him, and it was one of the few parts of that car to reach southern California unscathed. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He swung his arms around wildly, attracting odd looks from passing students. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z So these sailors stayed in San Francisco, growing in number and attracting others, until the city became the gay capital, the homosexual Hauptstadt. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z No hippos would be attracted to a grassless rock. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And to move meant to attract their attention. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z She incautiously took a deep breath to bring the heavenly odors closer—and the sound attracted the attention of the chief wife. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Rahel was trying to not attract the attention that she deserved. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Wes was intensely attracted to this short woman with a broad smile who mixed a steel backbone with Caribbean charm. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The day’s menu had been pasted on the glass and a special dinner with all the trimmings was laid out to attract customers. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I definitely felt attracted to some people, and I liked the idea of being with someone, but the actual mechanics of it didn’t much suit my talents. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z They are beginning to attract stares from the crowd. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She soon saw what had attracted them: Dr. van Heerden’s Land Rover was being unloaded of its treasures. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not deny that I was attracted by the idea of a classless society, or that I had been influ-enced by Marxist thought. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Rit touched Ben on the arm, lightly, to attract his attention. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “What we do is treason, make no mistake. Trust only your companions, and do your best to avoid attracting notice.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I slowed to a fast walk, hoping that a muddy and bedraggled American boy who was not running would attract somewhat less attention than one who was. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Kennedy was less conservative than his colleagues and seemed attracted by the idea of equality. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, our open door had never attracted visitors before. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Then we realized the peculiar thing was us.They were attracted to our family for the same reason people will pull over to watch a house afire or a car wreck. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, the game of name tag was about to come full circle: By the early 1980s, a group of businesspeople decided that the name Sing Sing might attract tourists. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The possibility that human beings are involved in this sort of thing has not attracted much attention until recently. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The gold on his body was definitely smoking now, attracted to the catapult’s payload like iron to a giant magnet. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z And our school always seemed to attract German exchange students, and teachers who enjoyed dressing up as Nazis. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Anything important would attract him, and he frequently visited other labs to see which new experiments had been done. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z It was loud enough to attract attention and two girls wandered over. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z There was something about his rough exterior—his bushy long hair and uneven beard—combined with his generous and charming nature that attracted the attention of some women. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Even those who knew they were eligible to register worried that registering to vote would somehow attract attention to them—perhaps land them back in jail. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z A movement through the bushes attracted my attention. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The plan was that Nadya and Katya would drop their bombs while Marina and Olga, flying two minutes ahead of them, would have the terrifying task of purposefully attracting enemy fire. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z In Philadelphia itself an increasing number of cats were dropping dead every day, attracting, one Philadelphian complained, “an amazing number of flies and other insects.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Gravitational forces attract physical bodies to one another. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z "But I was self-pitying and foolish. And there was a woman, a widow, I was attracted to. You understand about that, don't you? Boys your age would understand." Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z His wicked curveball attracted the major- league scouts, and the Washington Senators were interested in signing him but changed their minds. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z There wasn’t anything warm or lively to attract them—merely long, low, narrow sheds by the thousands, with no lights inside. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Wealth generated through trade enabled the natives to attract scholar-teachers from abroad to educate their sons. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The color of our skin attracted their attention and made us immediately identifiable. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Predictably, the sight of Washington leaving office attracted the bulk of the commentary in the press. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z But they’re so big, and so obviously belong to this water world—where I do not—that I stop moving, not wanting to attract their attention. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He was used to bizarre accidents and injuries; they were unavoidable if you attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and had a knack for attracting a lot of trouble. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The fact that it was Catholic attracted me. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z When you see someone waving her arms, the first thing you want to know is whether she is trying to attract attention, shoo away flies, or exercise her deltoids. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z What Lori liked most about Ken and Bob’s description was that the city attracted people who were different. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I took quite a few precautions because a black man driving a car into a smallholding in Rivonia in the middle of the night would attract unwanted questions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z To attract more followers to his YouTube channel. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Flying as high as we were, where Ayanna said we wouldn’t attract unwanted attention, the air was cold. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z A reporter asked Major McClaughry whether the fair really would attract the criminal element. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Instead, they have kept their traditionalist beliefs, and their churches have even attracted new members from among the well-off. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I guess it was easy being in relationships where I didn’t really have to think about all the tiny humiliations that come with being attracted to someone. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “Everything is going to work out. Just make sure you keep a low profile, yeah? Dont attract any attention to yourself until the marriage is done. Don’t fight in the pub, yeah?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z In those days she was one of the few whom we had attracted who had attended college. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z "Asleep. Three parties and a gallery launch tonight. He's attracting a lot of attention." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z At first, I do nothing and take their abuse silently, not wanting to attract any attention to myself. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z That sound attracted the attention of its neighbors, and a whisper began to spread throughout the chamber, a moving wave of voices that Kaede realized, with a sinking feeling, she had heard before. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z As a result, they attracted a great deal of attention and it was soon widely known that two Afrikaner wardresses from the Fort had visited Winnie and me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Your scrutiny into the most obscure sciences has attracted the notice of the world. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Even though, sometimes, I found myself attracted to someone who only wanted to get with me because of what they’d heard. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The conflict attracted a lot more attention now that it was no longer just the occasional kid with water down the back of his shirt. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I knew how to attract attention and be admired. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet, the minute he got out of prison, he started attracting droves of people to an opposition party in Angola. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A swarm of gnats hovered around them, attracted by their sweat. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “Imagine dealing with fifty in-laws without alcohol. I couldn’t even hold her hand on the street without attracting stares,” he had said. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The male, on the contrary, is a strong flier and is attracted even from considerable distances by a scent released by the female from special glands. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Somehow as it rusted the object was attracting elemental particles from the air. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The birdlime had entangled a few queleas and a mouse that had been attracted by their fluttering. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The next year, Mohammed entered the famed race between Capri and Naples, a contest that attracted the best swimmers in the world. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Why was I suddenly so attracted to him? A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z And I’m not even particularly attracted to this boy. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Amazingly, it never seemed to attract much attention. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I trace her high cheekbones down to her full lips and wish I wasn’t attracted to them at all. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Once in the houses, they would get around as much as they could without attracting attention. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother and I went with two nurses; my father didn’t go, because he had become so recognizable from TV that he was afraid he would attract cameras. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He also found that the evangelical ministries were hobbled without adequate salaries to attract professional staff members and without centers of their own where students could gather, socialize, and study the Bible. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “Well, what do you want me to do?” his father said, loud enough to attract the attention of people passing in the corridor. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z This was no reason, however, not to tell Maurice that conceivably adenine was attracted to thymine and guanine to cytosine. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Watching us were about fifty spectators, attracted by his articles and our notices. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It has been found that animals, both wild herbivores and livestock, are sometimes strangely attracted to a plant that has been sprayed, even though it is not one of their natural foods. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Madrina says it’s to attract the right kind of girls—sweet ones who will be good to her beloved nephew. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z But Cora asked everyone on the farm sooner or later, the farm being its own kind of depot, attracting people who were between places. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In keeping with his love of lost causes, Howard bought only the worst-looking horses at the sale, animals who lingered in the ring, attracting few, if any, bids. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He has learned to do the waiting right, not to concentrate too hard, not to faint, not to attract attention, knows the terrible blows and kicks that fainting brings. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z The nation slid imperceptibly toward war, frightened and at the same time attracted. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Nothing attracted her attention except the music of the clocks, which she would look for every half hour with her frightened eyes as if she hoped to find it someplace in the air. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It attracted human beings who killed each other around the roots and made very good fertilizer. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The arrangement came to be known as the Pennsylvania—or “separate”—system, and it attracted much attention, both abroad and at home. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Forty demigods attract an awful lot of monsters. You really want us hanging out in your lobby?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He swears aloud, attracting a glare from a passing woman who steps aside as he stops short on the crowded pavement. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Situated in the coastal plain of southwest Alabama, the fertile, rich black soil of the area attracted white settlers from the Carolinas who amassed very successful plantations and a huge slave population. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “You are ten or fifteen years younger than I am. What could you see to attract you in a man like me?” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She understands, too, how Javier’s anguish attracts the eligible women of Santa Teresa del Mar, who bring him casseroles covered with starched cloths and look into his night-sky eyes, imagining themselves as his bright constellations. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Particularly when they’re beautiful. Beauty’s attractive, and we don’t want people to be attracted by old things. We want them to like the new ones.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It was foolish to think some things were beyond happening, even being attracted to Negroes. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew right then that she would never be attracted to him. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Why did I attract these weird old women? The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z "He is not a mount to carry you into battle, true," Varys replied, "but he will serve, and attract no notice. As will the others. And the stableboys see and hear only the animals." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The North Carolina Klan might have attracted even more members in the pre-civil rights era if racists hadn’t acquired increased sophistication over the years. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z There were plenty of other diamonds she could have stolen for their purposes and other trouble she could have made to attract the guards’ attention. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z To have even a hope of achieving this, the railroads would have to reduce their fares, and Frank Millet would have to intensify his efforts to attract people from all corners of the country. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z There weren't any pretty decorations to attract customers. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z He'd meant to be funny and self-deprecatory, but he didn't actually want to talk about how she managed to be attracted to him. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z And in spite of the blasé attitude he showed her, he was, in fact, attracted to her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “I used to date the cop on the corner,” she says, “and I don’t want to attract attention by jaywalking.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z A night moth fluttered into Antains face, probably attracted by the moonlight shining on his skin. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I move away from the cave so I don’t attract attention. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Why is that particular section so breathtaking? Why do we not find ourselves attracted to some calmer or more pleasing one?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The one that attracts Celia’s attention rests on a table rather than hanging on the wall or sitting on a shelf. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z We waved and hollered and managed to attract the drivers attention. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A dark mass to my left attracts my attention; something dull in texture is floating on the surface of the darkening stream. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And quickly I head back, a moth attracted to that marvelous light. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t hang on to it for much longer without attracting more suspicion. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She still looked like a goblin, but now she looked like a pretty goblin, and Bod didn’t think she would have needed magic to attract Solomon Porritt, not with a smile like that. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Berkeley attracted the most promising young graduate students, hosted the most eminent visiting lecturers, pocketed the largest contributions from research foundations and garnered the lion’s share of public interest and acclaim. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “We’ll be all right. There are travelers on the road—just not many. And we’re such a small group that we shouldn’t attract too much attention.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “But something was attracted to your ability. To your power. It wanted to have some fun. Did you have fun with them?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Worse, they had begun to attract the wrong sort of people—parvenus from Boston and New York. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z His passing was a setback to the movement, for Lembede was a fount of ideas and attracted others to the organization. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I just hate that thing where people assume a girl who’s attracted to girls is attracted to all girls. I want an actual emotional connection, you know? Romance. Attachment. Love.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Those are the kind who play loud music in the woods that can be heard for miles, just to see who it attracts. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “They’re for attracting birds. They twirl them out in the field and larks see them and come out and the Italians shoot them.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Small pieces of fiberboard were impregnated with the two chemicals and were distributed by air over the entire island chain to attract and kill the male flies. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z They stopped walking hand in hand within sight of the adults, and they ignored each other so as not to attract attention. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you speak to people, you just attract their attention,” he said, with a shaking voice. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Worse, they’re cutting out the bait bags so the traps won’t attract any more lobsters to replace the ones they stole. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Given the love for soccer in the refugee community, Luma wondered if the game and her team could attract some of these kids to after-school tutoring that might give them a better chance to succeed. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z They leap in front of each other to attract attention to their goods, but the visitors ignore them, stooping instead to examine ordinary wood carvings and beaded jewelry. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They employed only young men, convinced that female workers would attract teenage boys to the restaurant and drive away other customers. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z They worried that I wouldn’t attract boys, that I would be a wallflower, like Aunt Zo. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was sometimes impossible for parents to see what attracted them, but such gut responses were not to be ignored. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For all his love of the automobile, Howard was still attracted to the romance of frontier simplicity. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he put his head down and faced front, so as not to attract attention. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The vendor’s loud voice had attracted attention from passersby, and a small crowd began to form in front of the peach stand. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, she also sported a very flat chest, and never in his life had Herbie been attracted to such a titless wonder. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was, however, not he but his companion who had attracted the little detective’s attention. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z It was no crime to find oneself attracted to another, she wrote, or to believe what one felt was love. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Helmuth twitches the left side of his mouth, the slightest smile, winks his left eye, not enough to attract guard's attention, just enough to signal Karl. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z First he attracted wasps to a chunk of apple. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Here, the eye was first attracted to a black, bat-like creature that danced on the sand, and only later perceived the body above it. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The ship was too big not to attract notice. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He's definitely old, but I can see why Olga was attracted to him; there’s something about the way he walks that’s forceful, magnetic. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z But a distinct tradition of singing competitions grew up separately, and attracted participants from all over the Greek-dominated eastern Mediterranean. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I climb the stairs to the front entrance, doing my best to ignore all the eyes my suit attracts. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z As I later discovered, they had nearly chosen a different facility because the authorities feared I might attract sympathetic attention at a university hospital. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I inched slowly toward the bedroom door, taking care not to attract the attention of the policemen. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Why are you attracted only to Chinese nonsense? The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yep, has fits,” the man said, hiding his mangled hand from the baggageman, who had been attracted by the sounds of struggle. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z As a weeder, your job was to carefully pick away the undergrowth that could choke the cane stalks and stop them from growing tall enough, or that might attract vermin. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z I was no longer attracted by a career in the civil service, or being an interpreter in the Native Affairs Department. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Their life-style was exciting, adventurous and full of surprises; and I was attracted to it. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Bugs assailed the windows, attracted by the light. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z If I was lucky enough to attract the attention of a patron, I could earn enough to square my debt to Devi and pay my tuition as well. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He had not expected to enjoy himself, to be attracted to her in the least. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But the voice was not what had attracted Bull’s attention to Beasley. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was using the Pensieve when Mr. Fudge arrived for our meeting and put it away rather hastily. Undoubtedly I did not fasten the cabinet door properly. Naturally, it would have attracted your attention.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It isn’t the Net that drives kids into isolation or creates lonely children; the Net attracts lonely and ignored lads, and puts them in touch with others just like them. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Jinx and Ned wandered past the next few booths of carnival games, where vendors tried to attract the attention of passersby. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, he cautioned, I must stay where I had been assigned and avoid attracting any attention. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z But the life of an outlaw attracted all sorts. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Jethro nodded his thanks briefly; he did not wish to attract the attention of the others at the table to the favor. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z She walks without much notice into the city, though there is not much notice to attract in such a downpour. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Unable to attract attention, they walked down the street to Joe King’s Blue Ribbon Bar, which, Robert described as “jumping, jammed, and crowded.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "A large party attracts unwelcome attention. I would not have the Lanhisters know I am coming." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In the evening Levi leapt around the room catching insects attracted to the lights. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z We were now attracting young, gifted lawyers from all over the country who are extremely skilled. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The silence grew thick, and time seemed to stop within the church, but no one dared to cough or shift position, so as not to attract Father Restrepo’s attention. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Joseph Butler, a pseudonym, was typical of the young men attracted to the Klan Youth Corps. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I slipped across the area behind the stage to the rear door without attracting anyone's attention. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z "It's because we attract men like Brother Tarp there that we shall triumph," he said as we climbed into the car. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z While Speed worked with other Turner Station residents to gather memories of Henrietta, Wyche wrote letter after letter, trying to get recognition for Henrietta and attract donors to pay for the museum. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He was jealous and tried to attract the girl to himself and failed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He told her he had never been so attracted to a woman before, had never seen a body so beautiful, her perfect breasts, her perfect butt. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She said that was because honey remnants attracted roaches. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Pogrebins are attracted to humans and enjoy tailing them, staying in their shadow and crouching quickly should the shadow’s owner turn around. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They liked to see long lines outside their kitchens and would work overtime to attract a crowd. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Crowds of rabbits feeding at morning and evening were likely to attract attention. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Then there had been the newcomers, who only whispered in hushed tones, as though they were afraid to attract the attention of the world. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z On Wallace Johnson Street, traders played loud music and rang bells to attract customers. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z It was just like Sansa to go and attract the septa's attention. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He was full of ennui, full of misery, full of death; there was nothing left in the world that could attract him, that could give him pleasure and solace. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z It attracted the Varangian’s attention enough to break his stare, and she dared to turn and see who it was. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The deaths stood politely along the wall, and it was strange to see how little space they took up, and to find how little notice they attracted. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “The Mist is really thick there because the Mountain of Despair is so near. Titan magic—what’s left of it—still lingers. Monsters are attracted to that area like you wouldn’t believe.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z She recalled what Annabeth had told her about the Athena Parthenos: its magical aura both attracted monsters and kept them at bay. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Still no one answered—but the exchange attracted a cameraman who moved forward, getting a little too close. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Pipkin,” he snapped, “why don’t you clean up your face and stop the bleeding? The smell of blood attracts elil. You know that, don’t you?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The smell of coffee had always attracted him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She had not merely been attracted to Blaine, she had been arrested by Blaine, and in her mind he had become the perfect American partner that she would never have. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Can’t a person be attracted to a boy and a girl? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z The flowers attract lacewings and a type of fly that eats the lettuce-eating bugs. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z In another moment I would have been out of the theatre had not my notice been attracted by something out of the ordinary. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z It is hardly surprising that a composer like Schubert should be attracted to poetic texts that placed emotions in the relative safety of natural metaphor. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z One of the things she’d begun to suspect about Shadows was that children and adults reacted to them differently, or attracted different kinds of Shadow activity. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He used us to attract followers and made our town look so bad. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “I notice you’ve never had any hesitation as to spending the bounty money I bring home on whatever momentarily attracts your attention.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I don't much care for the ponies; the noise they make, all that clanking and wheezing, tends to attract the dead. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Landowners’ fields were emptied by death, forcing them either to work peasants harder or pay more to attract new labor. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Spiders don’t eat human food. But it does attract what we do eat,” Spider said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The queen must produce some substance that attracts the workers and that can be obtained from her only by direct contact. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Offstage, Marian’s quiet beauty and unaffected charm had always attracted suitors, and that was the case in Berlin. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, Zwicky was held in such disdain by most of his colleagues that his ideas attracted almost no notice. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Who doesn’t know you are supposed to fade into the subway seat, to never attract attention? Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Presently he was attracted by shouting, and went to investigate. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Courtney talks about the acclaim Truman Drama attracts, the attention it gets from New York. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z As several of the rabbits began to silflay, attracted by the mild June night and the full moon, he asked Blackberry to wait. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Some thought the priest was crazy to attract what they saw as bums and delinquents to their neighborhood and objected to helping migrants at all. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z It was as if her magnetic poles had reversed and where they had once attracted now repelled. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z McNeish remarked that the penguins were particularly attracted to the banjo music. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z I need to keep moving if I don't want to attract the wrong kind of attention. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z In England he may well have met Thomas Harriot, a great mathematician who was evidently attracted to atomism, and Gilbert too. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In Universe #2, they throw parties wild enough to attract college students. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Shamblers are attracted to sound, so if we are discreet enough, any dead in the area shouldn’t even know were here. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Sedentary farmers become surrounded not only by their feces but also by disease transmitting rodents, attracted by the farmers’ stored food. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Minibus drivers were always looking for new songs because having good music was something they used to attract customers. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It was Jomo’s useless flowers, after all, that attracted the birds. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “No catnip. If cats were attracted to my garden, the dog would make a terrible fuss. “Wouldn’t you, poor thing?” she said sweetly, leaning down to murmur to the dying mother dog. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z He taught me to beware of water holes because they attract animals and people. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z A calm is disturbed, even if it does not attract much notice at first. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Maybe it would attract more business for the store. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The original organization, the Farmers' Alliance, was for whites only, but an affiliated Colored Farm Alliance was soon started and quickly attracted more than one million members. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z If that was true, now that it was free the Athena Parthenos might be attracting even more attention from the monsters in Tartarus. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She had no idea what she was attracted to—the boyish girl, the girlish boy—and eventually she decided it didn’t really matter. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Most often the minister was attracted by the pitiful shrieks and calls of the sick in the final stages of the disease. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z My flesh prickled with shame, for I knew the Negroes rightly resented me for attracting such unfavorable attention. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthew attracted friends like a rainbow attracts leprechauns. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Back in the huts, the water would sit uncovered for days, attracting dirt and flies. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z She seemed so earnest in her love of the religion and so dedicated to learning everything she could in the class for new converts, my father was immediately attracted to her. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “We could throw them out the window and attract the attention of passersby.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z It was decided, in view of his possible failure to attract, to support him on either side with a nearly equal number of war horses. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I went to college at Stanford, attracted partly by its academic reputation, partly because it was the school rich people went to. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In the bathroom mirror she appraised her looks, wondering if she could attract another husband at her age. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “He seems to be attracting religions the way a dog attracts fleas,” he pursued. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom was a dedicated family man, but like his father he was attracted to the darkness, and in 1917 he took the oath to become a special agent of the Bureau of Investigation. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I was attracted to the scientific underpinnings of dialectical materialism, for I am always inclined to trust what I can verify. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z During most of the forty-odd years since its arrival in the United States the fire ant seems to have attracted little attention. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “We could place it outside, and attract those people who pass at the bottom of the hill.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The informer, Floyd Wells, might easily have invented his story; such tale-telling was not infrequently undertaken by prisoners who hoped to win favor or attract official notice. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Why was Gregor the only one condemned to work in a firm where at the slightest lapse someone immediately attracted the greatest suspicion? The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z Because Abu’s parents separated when he was five, my father was attracted to Islam’s emphasis on the family and the important role of the father in the family hierarchy. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He spent the rest of the lesson trying to attract small objects toward him under the table with his wand. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Yet I was strongly attracted and looked in spite of myself. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Dimple tried not to yell, though with the noise and activity level in the room, she doubted they could attract much attention even if they began flinging things at each other. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z We built it larger than our last one with the hope that a brighter fire would attract the draccus more quickly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She was small and tight and dry, just like her house, but with a shine that attracted me. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z A free concert at the Lincoln Memorial would attract thousands of people, far more than any auditorium could hold, and would send a powerful message of defiance against the injustice of bigotry and racial discrimination. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z It’s not attraction, because obviously I’m not attracted to kids. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z You can see the sun touching the tops of the buildings across the street, making its way through the neighborhood like someone whose attention you are careful not to attract. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z In the bad parts of Tarbean a call for help attracts predators like the smell of blood on the wind. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I gunned the engine of Link's car and began moving as fast as I could without attracting too much attention. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Three of you at most could go without attracting the attention of the giants.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z As a young man I was attracted to expiation. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Physicists as a rule are not overattentive to the pronouncements of Swiss patent office clerks, and so, despite the abundance of useful tidings, Einstein’s papers attracted little notice. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “Don’t be offended, but you seem to be one of those people who just attract accidents like a magnet. So . . . try not to fall into the ocean or get run over or anything, all right?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z And I knew how to keep moving about so as not to attract the attention of any vice squad plainclothes- men or uniformed cops. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I repacked my duffel, put my shirt and coat back on and wondered how I could best leave the colored rest room without attracting attention. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They did not stand out in that crowd because the Clarion County Farmers' Market attracts a lot of people from the college, and the college in turn attracts a lot of dark-skinned people. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z He had patches of honey on his shirt, which were attracting a horde of flies and causing him to swat incessantly. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Harriet wanted to say something to her, to offer some word of comfort, of greeting, and dared not for fear Old Rit’s uncontrolled joy or her loudly expressed fears would attract attention. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z "He is everything Nergal once was, and no longer is. I hoped to provoke Nergal, to attract him to me, and Daoud is very attractive." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The problem with dangling modifiers is that their subjects are inherently ambiguous and sometimes a sentence will inadvertently attract a reader to the wrong choice. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “Our children are treated like orphans while we live,” he said, lowering his voice in order not to attract attention. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Today, alas, you have to squint, and pretty hard at that, to get any notion of the tranquil beauty that attracted Innes. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Soon, however, she saw that the case was attracting attention—and so was she. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Frank Millet hoped the closing ceremony would attract even more people than the fair’s Chicago Day. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Not wanting to attract attention, Blake and his friends parted quietly. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Lying down suggests I’m dying, and attracts vultures. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The boy was so serious about what he was doing that the game attracted more and more onlookers. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He seldom went near his brother’s cabin, which was only a half-mile away, and he made no move to attract or amuse the children. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The letter lay open before her and she sighed loudly, to attract Frank’s attention. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z "Well, since it has attracted so much attention, why not try to reach the whole community with the issue?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “And the English think their lavender attracts fairies. It’s got nothin’ on our desert sage.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Stored electrical energy is discharged by sparking, a common bug in new accelerators that was customarily eliminated by polishing down any interior imperfections attracting the discharge. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Nhamo had watched the doctor try to collect the exact substance that attracted the tsetses. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Vendors shouting in singsong voices to attract passersby, just the way Rani and I used to do. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The noise attracted Trash- man’s attention, and the moment was lost. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “I am trying,” said Dr. Finch, “to attract your attention.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Instead, you slapped your partner’s arm near the elbow, lightly with the back of your knuckles, the way you might do to attract someone’s attention. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z So if you think I’m not attracted to you, Simon, you’re crazy. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z It was a smaller crowd than the mirror had attracted, but there was much more activity than Kendra would have expected around a small pool of milk. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Later that afternoon, The Goober wandered to the assembly hall, attracted by cheers and hoots. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon he was able to rattle it, thus attracting even more attention. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s just as attracted to Henry’s cloudy tempers, the way he comes back from them, and the millions of shades in between. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z There must be a virgin to attract it.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They were opposites that attracted, and I am a mix of them both. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He was starting to attract a lot of funny looks, because of Hedwig. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z It suggested a whole life of marvelous, elaborate decadence that attracted me like a magnet. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z This expert from the universe of the Grand Concourse w'as attracted to the table at which I was holding court by the singularity and magnetism of my being. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was what had first attracted her to him that June day two years ago in Ibadan, the kind of rainy day that wore the indigo color of dusk although it was only noon. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z During her latest visit, I overhear her complaining about a fly that seems attracted to her perfume, and won’t leave her alone. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Later, in a semi-off-the-record interview she gave to a Yugoslavian journalist, she claimed that she was not planning to marry Bobby, but that she was attracted to his honesty. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Anything I do, other than standing, other than walking, attracts their attention. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The officers wore their uniforms, but they drove in civilian cars so as not to attract attention. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Lawrences precocious talent for experimentation and his engaging character were already attracting attention from recruiters in academia and industry. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Prominent among them was H. J. Muller, who was impressed that several well-known theoretical physicists, especially Pascual Jordan, thought forces existed by which like attracted like. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z There’s another reason he never cared to examine things beyond the basic benchmark of being attracted to women. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z And yet the square was now attracting a trickle of visitors who seemed to find the anomaly most intriguing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “All that splashing ought to attract a gator soon,” another one remarked. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Evers had attracted national attention back in the early 1960s when he led a store boycott in Jackson, Mississippi, and when he helped black student James Meredith enter the all-white University of Mississippi in 1962. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It got so that I was afraid at night to go outside to the pump in the back yard, because I was afraid the demons might be attracted by the sound of splashing water. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z But I was used to finding something deadly in things that attracted me; there was always something deadly lurking in anything I wanted, anything I loved. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z This case also attracted a large crowd — not to see me, but to find out whether the white man’s laws could be applied to a sangoma. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The investigation crawled forward without attracting much attention. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Some female androids seemed to him pretty; he had found himself physically attracted by several, and it was an odd sensation, knowing intellectually that they were machines, but emotionally reacting anyhow. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z My announcement attracts so little attention that I have to repeat it: “Will you listen to me? I’m a writer and I’m going to write a book about this place. ” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z From 1871, when he joined the university as a professor, to his death in 1903, his courses attracted an average of slightly over one student a semester. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The fish were attracted to plankton, and the plankton were attracted to the light. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z |
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