bait

Example Sentences

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"King of Worms! I know there must have been someone there who wanted to go fishing tomorrow! And was looking for bait! And they saw King of Worms and took him!"

From Literature

“We’ll go dig worms and sell them for bait on Monday so’s we can buy ourselves a root beer at the Rite-Time.”

From Literature

Pua is grinning, and I know she’s baiting me into talking.

From Literature

There’s been a fight, and the singer plans to mend fences, using laundry as bait: “Can you come pick up your clothes? I have them folded.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“Take him by surprise. But…we’d need some kind of bait.”

From Literature