verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
attract
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She seems most intrigued by the situation, attracted and repelled at the same time.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Guerrilla fighters were soon able to repel the army's attack.
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Her heavy make-up and cheap perfume repelled him.
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Use cedar or citronella candles to repel biting insects.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After repelling the wiles of Tufnell, Wright and Jones ensured that three figures were raised by the close.
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But this is precisely the kind of war least suited to either deterring or repelling regional aggressions.
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Farmers can make good use of some land while other areas nearby are less attractive, or even repel them.
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I felt polluted, tainted, defiled, unworthy of anyone except Karen, who repelled me.
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Rather than misdirecting attacks, they repel them altogether, as we shall see in the next chapter..
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Theirs had been one of those childless, self-absorbing marriages which unconsciously repel attempts at intimacy.