6 sentences with 'attraction'
Example sentences and phrases with the word attraction and other words derived from it.
• « The tidal phenomenon is caused by the attraction of the moon and the sun on the waters of the sea. »
• « In Greek culture there was no concept of 'heterosexual' versus 'homosexual'; sexual attraction was assumed to exist, potentially, between men as well as between men and women, although bisexuality seems to have been more common among men in the higher social ranks. »
• « While most political marriages in Byzantium, as in virtually all pre-modern societies, had nothing to do with love or even attraction, Theodora and Justinian clearly shared both genuine affection for each other and intellectual kinship. »
• « These traditions of relative tolerance would continue into the modern era in places like the Ottoman Empire. However, even without forced pressure, many people converted to Islam, either out of a sincere attraction to Islam or out of simple pragmatism; in some cases, Muslim generals rejected attempts to convert the local population because it threatened their tax base too much. »
• « Alexander I was intensely conservative and had a powerful attraction to Orthodox Christian mysticism. »
• « In 1900, the brothers decided to make the cinematograph the main attraction at the Universal Exhibition in Paris that year. They built a screen 21 metres wide and 18 metres high and installed it in a spacious theatre. »