Sentence examples for it was a lure from inspiring English sources

People thought the meeting was dangerous, that it was a lure.

It was a lure supposedly to net only Newmark, although it was widely regarded at the time as a fishing expedition.

In former times, the Fata Morgana could mislead navigators into believing they were close to land; the sailors of Messina believed it was a lure placed by evil spirits.

Maybe it's a lure for hockey hounds, but it has never been so for basketball buffs.

Usually, it's a come-on luring consumers into ever-deeper levels of debt.

For moviemakers, it was an attractive lure as well.

Sushenya suspects it was a ploy, to lure the partisans into the open.

When the idea of a second tunnel was raised with him, he figured it was a trick to lure still more jobs out of Manhattan.

The "Bilbao effect," many came to believe, was the answer to what ailed cities everywhere — it was a way to lure tourists and economic development — and a potential boon to cultural institutions.

When asked directly if Trump is like Madoff, Schneiderman said, "It was a scheme to lure people in with promises of very unrealistic returns on their investment and returns on their time...

When he first discovered Minecraft, it was a struggle to lure him out of the virtual world he created on the platform and back into the reality of chores, homework, and family time.