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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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attracting

Part of SpeechverbUsed 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 attracting

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

disabling work for the present, to keep out of police clutches and

the risk of going to prison or of attracting too much police

attention at 88-90 Chancery Lane. "You are our brain-centre at

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