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Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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adverb

In an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly.

He discovered penicillin largely accidentally.

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attracted

Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/əˈtɹæktɪd/Used In Literature ↓

To pull toward without touching.

In a Sentence

A magnet attracts iron filings.

Origin

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Common Phrases

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Poetry examples for attracted

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

The man’s eyes were still fixed in a stare into the unknown. His

gray, appalling face had attracted attention in the crowd, and

men, slowing to his dreary pace, were walking with him. They

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