How to Use attractant in a Sentence

attractant

noun

• Sprinkle a litter box attractant to help lure the cat to the box.
  — Cathy M. Rosenthal, ExpressNews.com, 6 Dec. 2019
• Fruit juice or meat can be used as attractants as well.
  — Kym Pokorny, OregonLive.com, 25 Aug. 2017
• Look for pads that have a pheromone attractant built in or buy a pheromone spray so that your pup is attracted to the pad.
  — The Editors, Field & Stream, 11 Mar. 2020
• The number one attractant of aphids in my book — and lots more experts agree — is the use of too much nitrogen.
  — Jeff Lowenfels | Alaska Gardening and Growing, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Mar. 2023
• In field trials, their blend of bed bug attractant caught 100 percent of bed bugs.
  — Gwen Pearson, WIRED, 29 Dec. 2014
• Still, some states have banned using deer urine as an attractant.
  — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 21 Feb. 2020
• That theme song is burned in my memory, both as an attractant and as a detriment.
  — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2023
• Blade color: The blade of a spinner is the key attractant of the entire lure, in its color, flash and vibration.
  — Josh Dahlke, Outdoor Life, 1 Oct. 2018
• After that, spread another gallon or a little more of the mix on top to serve as a visual attractant to lure deer to the spot.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 19 July 2023
• Though if the bear never gets the food or other attractant, this will be a game that has little reward, other than idle fun.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 7 Nov. 2021
• Keep garbage, bird feeders, pet food and other attractants put away in a secure building.
  — CBS News, 3 Oct. 2023
• Emerging elm flowers proved to be a great attractant for small groups of American goldfinches and house finches in the treetops.
  — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 23 Feb. 2018
• Two other prime mosquito attractants are bare skin and dark clothes.
  — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
• But people sometimes leave trash in the area, serving as an attractant for wild animals.
  — Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News, 6 July 2018
• Versatile and easy to grow, this lavender is a useful wildlife attractant on the sunny fringe of my forest garden.
  — Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 23 Aug. 2023
• Growers affix brown packets of pheromones or specialized attractants to the wires for when a certain butterfly shows up to lay eggs on the grape vines.
  — Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Indianapolis Star, 13 July 2018
• Since the attractant is so strong, reviewers suggest hanging the trap far from your outdoor seating area.
  — Lily Gray, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2021
• The trap must be baited with an attractant and contain an inch of drowning solution at the bottom – such as soapy water or liquid bait.
  — Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 25 Apr. 2023
• Sprinkle a little bit of this litter attractant after cleaning the box.
  — Medea Giordano, WIRED, 11 Apr. 2024
• In the surf, pompano fishing should pick up as the water clears and becomes more briny—catch them on live sand fleas, or fresh cut shrimp with a strip of Fish Bites Sand Flea flavor attractant on a pompano rig; www.ateamfishing.com.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 15 Oct. 2021
• An anode rod will corrode before the steel does, and in effect serves as a sacrificial rust attractant.
  — Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 17 Feb. 2017
• Disposable Fly Trap always use some form of attractant, such as light or bait, to lure insects into the container.
  — Rachel Ahrnsen, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2023
• From there, the scientists took a turn as perfumers composing a synthetic scent to match those attractants.
  — Popular Science, 8 Feb. 2024
• The notice urges residents to keep an eye on pets, protect livestock with electric fences, and secure food, garbage and other attractants.
  — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Nov. 2019
• The old outhouse design, which used a trap to contain solid wastes while letting liquids leach into the surrounding soil, was a bear attractant.
  — Lisa Maloney, Alaska Dispatch News, 3 Sep. 2017
• He and his colleagues hiked up and down mountains, sometimes in pouring rain, to check traps baited with a chemical attractant called Swormlure.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 26 May 2020
• The importance of the face as an attractant is underscored by the lengths to which humans in various cultures go to embellish what is already there.
  — James Shreeve, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
• Another study found carboxylic acid in our skin to be an important attractant.
  — Judy Stone, Forbes, 6 May 2023
• The wildlife department said attractants include bird feeders, bird seeds on the ground, unsecured garbage, pet food and barbecue grills.
  — Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 2 July 2023
• Sweat, breath, tears and body heat are the most significant attractants, according to Orkin, because gnats are drawn to the salts, minerals and other nutrients found in human sweat.
  — Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 23 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024