Attract
Common collocations
| kind | attract kind | maintain kind |
Both words in one sentence
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He's unfortunately unable to maintain relationships with the ones he attracts though; Scott may attract the ladies easily but man, does he have a bad track record with women.
Source: Comicbook / Cyclops - But they do it, because the best way to attract the opposite sex is to prove that "I've got such good genes that I can maintain these beautiful feathers and keep them from being tarnished by mud, lice, or injuries." Like us, they'll do anything for the chicks.
Source: Dirt Forcefield -
Other times, the villain will maintain a cover of respectability and generosity in order to attract good guys who later unwittingly act as mooks for the villain's cause.
Source: Bad Samaritan
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Maintain and Attract. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/attract/maintain
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