Attracted

Examples

• It attracted Mr. Lorry's eyes to Carton's face, which was turned to the fire. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The trees of the forest attracted my deep admiration as I proceeded toward the sea. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• A rustle in a field beyond the hedge attracted his attention. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• This automatic electrocuting device attracted so much attention, and got half a column in an evening paper, that the manager made me stop it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He was reduced to the verge of despair, when an open door attracted his attention. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The bosom moving in Society with the jewels displayed upon it, attracted general admiration. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• She was very much attracted by him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• And something kept her from him, as well as attracted her to him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The cylinder stops, and current operates the sluggish press-magnet, causing its armature to be attracted, thus lifting the platen and its projecting arm. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It was this intensely interesting side of bee life that attracted the attention of a clergyman in failing health, forced to seek out-of-door occupation, in the early forties. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• We all admired them, but something I said attracted her attention particularly to me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• This attracted the enemy so that Geary's movement farther up was not observed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• From the first I was tempted to make an exception to this rule of avoidance: the seclusion, the very gloom of the walk attracted me. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• This process is best adapted to what are known as free milling or porous ores, where the gold is free and very fine and is attracted readily by mercury. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• As Sissy said it, her eyes were attracted by another of those rotten fragments of fence upon the ground. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• It happened that one day soon after his arrival he was walking through Wall Street and was attracted to the office of the Law Gold Indicator. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• When the Devil goeth about like a roaring lion, he goeth about in a shape by which few but savages and hunters are attracted. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• How should any one coming from a wider world not feel the difference and be attracted by it? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• This raid was of great importance, for Grierson had attracted the attention of the enemy from the main movement against Vicksburg. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The other half, however, attracted my attention at once by its singular freedom from stain or impurity of any kind. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• This unusual movement attracted the attention of the young man, and as he continued to watch its deliberate movements, he did more than watch. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Mr. Curtiss is one of the most daring aviators in the world, and his flight down the Hudson River attracted the widest attention. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The (Greek) of the Spartans attracted them, that is to say, not the goodness of their laws, but the spirit of order and loyalty which prevailed. Plato. The Republic.
• As we left the boat together, Buell's attention was attracted by the men lying under cover of the river bank. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• When I first attracted the attention of the company by rising, I could see that he was on the point of saying something rude to me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• In 1604 the attention of all the astronomers of Europe was attracted by a new star which suddenly appeared in the constellation Serpentarius. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The expression in the forehead, which had so particularly attracted his notice, and which was now immovable, had deepened into one of pain and horror. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Then he must travel into the savage regions that had so attracted him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• She attracted him more than he liked--and Miss Bingley was uncivil to _her_, and more teasing than usual to himself. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• What provoking burr has been inconveniently attracted to the charming skirts, and with difficulty shaken off? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.

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