The flesh is taken from the shell and cut up for bait, and the shell itself is tied to a line and sunk near the bottom to attract the fish.
The phylogeny of art is still very obscure; Darwin attributes it to sexual attraction, through the efforts made by one sex to attract the other; but his arguments have never convinced me.
The peculiarities, which are absent in women with whom a man has been on familiar terms in his youth are generally those which attract the most.
He cries out toattract the attention of the crowd.
This charming reply shows how certain moral intentions are more likely to attract the attention of young people to erotic subjects.
They are well fed and dressed in a way to attract the clients as much as possible.
In trolling with them it will make but little difference whether dead or alive, but for still fishing the minnows must not only be alive, but, to attract the fish, lively as well.
The Goths, the most powerful of these destructive nations, are said to have come originally from Scandina'via; but when they first began to attract the notice of historians, we find them settled on the banks of the Danube.
He commenced those vaulted sewers which still attract the admiration of posterity; he erected the first circus for the exhibition of public spectacles; he planned the Capitol, and commenced, if he did not complete, the first city wall.
It was of sufficient consequence to be mentioned in the Assyrian Inscriptions,[481] though not to attract the notice of Strabo.
From Rhinocolura to Mount Carmel, a distance of 150 miles, not a single strong promontory asserts itself, nor is there a single bay of sufficient depth to attract the attention of geographers.
Mr Pluck was about to return some evasive reply, when the hustle caused by a party entering the next box seemed to attract the attention of all four gentlemen, who exchanged glances of much meaning.
The cowboys were so fully occupied with their task that they had failed to observe Stacy Brown's action, nor would they have known anything about it had not Tad, yelling himself hoarse, managed to attract the attention of the foreman.
Not finding him at once, the foreman fired two shots in the air toattract the attention of the cowboys.
The cowman was swinging his arms and seeking to attract the lad's attention.
However, he was waving his hat and excitedly trying to attract the attention of some of the cowmen.
I know that; but I want to attract thenotice of yonder tiresome fisherman.
Louis made no reply; his sad and subdued air failed not to attract the attention of his cousins.
Our presence did not seem to attract the attention of either the manager or the operatives, most of whom were girls.
I occupied a tug from which I could see the effect of the battle on both sides, within range of the enemy's guns; but a small tug, without armament, was not calculated to attract the fire of batteries while they were being assailed themselves.
Placing myself in front of Harker's brigade, between the line of battle and the skirmishers, accompanied by only an orderly so as not to attract the enemy's fire, we moved out.
Go where we will we attract the fightings, just like a headland attracts the storms.
Jonah, ever on the alert when food was in question, asked permission to join the party, and was allowed to go under condition that he brought his trumpet and some torches to attract the fish.
Just as he was setting out Bichri remarked that he wished he had Jonah with his trumpet to attract the attention of the inhabitants, but I bade him not to indulge just then in unavailing regrets.
This Owl has a curious habit of swaying its body backwards and forwards, and is sure to attract the notice of all the small birds in the neighbourhood.
At once the young one commenced shaking the bough and screaming with all his might, to attract the attention of the Crocodile and to induce it to move.
As to the expression "hissing" for the Bee, the reader must bear in mind that a sharp, short hiss is the ordinary call in Palestine, when one person desires to attract the attention of another.
Staro Tcherkask, the old capital, now abandoned, has nothing to attract the traveller's attention, though Dr.
The churches in Astrakhan are not built in the invariable Greek style of all the other religious buildings of Russia: they have carvings, spires, and balustrades, something to attract the gaze, and details to fix it.
At the foot of the tree he makes a peculiar sound to attract theattention of the spirit, and lights a cigar.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "attract the" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
