The lure and addiction of gaming—which went back to pinball, of course—became a sensation with Asteroids.
‘Asteroids’ & The Dawn of the Gamer Age|David Owen|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Still, despite the fairytale, campaigns pour good money after bad to lure this vote.
Reality Check: There Are No Swing Voters|Goldie Taylor|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As a lure for the ambitious, Silicon Valley and San Francisco are replacing Wall Street.
Battle of the Upstarts: Houston vs. San Francisco Bay|Joel Kotkin|October 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You know you should walk away but the lure of the cover is just too much.
Newsweek's Nonsense "Who'd Be Kate" Survey|Tom Sykes|September 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Adventure sports and mountaineering could lure in travelers during the off season, but they are still limited.
Can Traditional Bhutan Survive Tourism?|Esha Chhabra|August 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The young falconer should endeavour from the first to keep his charges in such condition that they will always come to the lure.
The Art and Practice of Hawking|Edward B. Michell
If there is a fish in the creek you can depend on Wing to lure him.
Chicken Little Jane on the Big John|Lily Munsell Ritchie
Will you do so, or leave him alone, and take down the falcon to the lure?
The Art and Practice of Hawking|Edward B. Michell
If this is to lure and inveigle a young man into wedlock, the elder Miss Westbrook was guilty of that offence.
The Real Shelley, Vol. I (of 2)|John Cordy Jeaffreson
I paused to look at her, and, as long as I watched, she played her best to lure me.
Wild Life Near Home|Dallas Lore Sharp
British Dictionary definitions for lure
lure
/ (lʊə) /
verb(tr)
(sometimes foll by away or into) to tempt or attract by the promise of some type of reward
falconryto entice (a hawk or falcon) from the air to the falconer by a lure
noun
a person or thing that lures
anglingany of various types of brightly-coloured artificial spinning baits, usually consisting of a plastic or metal body mounted with hooks and trimmed with feathers, etcSee jig, plug, spoon
falconrya feathered decoy to which small pieces of meat can be attached and which is equipped with a long thong
Derived forms of lure
lurer, noun
Word Origin for lure
C14: from Old French loirre falconer's lure, from Germanic; related to Old English lathian to invite