How to Use temptress in a Sentence

temptress

noun
  • Greta Garbo, one of the most famous temptresses ever to appear on screen, died in 1990.
  • Patrizia is a flirt, a temptress, a schemer, a force of nature.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Their first instinct is to see a woman claiming abuse as a temptress.
    — R. Albert Mohler, WSJ, 26 May 2022
  • The look gets its name from the sultry, mysterious vibe that a temptress would have.
    — Lisa Desantis, Glamour, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The ambitious temptress is remade and in the process defanged.
    — Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2024
  • Egged on by the urban temptress, the man very nearly murders his wife for the promise of a new life.
    — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The opera stars Ana María Martínez as opera’s most seductive temptress.
    — Los Angeles Magazine, 14 Aug. 2017
  • Suddenly, Veiga is perched on his shoulder, no longer a cold temptress but a kitten.
    — Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022
  • It's covered with a pop-art mural of a pistol-wielding '60s-era temptress.
    — Arizona Republic, azcentral, 21 June 2018
  • These Pre-Raphaelite artists would often depict redheads in the nude or as temptresses.
    — Jessica Matlin, Allure, 15 Feb. 2018
  • The men live with a group of single women, known as the temptresses, while the women move in with a group of single men, dubbed the tempters.
    — Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Good King, who falls for the temptress, promptly follows her tip to fight a far-off battle, and never returns.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2025
  • The plot is very old-school Conan Doyle, with scoundrels in sideburns and evil temptresses in gaudy frilly outfits.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Benetti has unleashed another elegant temptress on the high seas.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Inspired by Cleopatra the temptress, this floral, sweet scent blends orchid, amber, vanilla, and musk.
    — April Benshosan, womenshealthmag.com, 4 June 2023
  • Dave’s strict religious code convinced him that Butcher was an evil temptress and caused Butcher to question her own worth.
    — Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Nov. 2021
  • The Russian temptress, who often placed her victims in restraints, suddenly found herself in handcuffs.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2017
  • The Russian temptress, who often placed her victims in restraints, suddenly found herself in handcuffs.
    — Peter Van Sant july 7, CBS News, 7 July 2018
  • In Italian, a diavola is a dangerous, powerful woman, and likely a temptress.
    — The Week Us, TheWeek, 13 May 2026
  • Fanning, meanwhile, plays a teenage temptress whose surging hormones come into play when Farrell’s character enters the house.
    — Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 26 May 2017
  • Indeed, the movie’s sexiest scene finds our temptress entering Kei’s room and wordlessly taking nude photos of herself on his bed.
    — Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 22 Sep. 2024
  • Many early stories about Salome depicted her as an evil and manipulative temptress.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
  • The action involves three muses — a chain-smoking temptress, an overheated diva and a fanciful kook — who each capture the attention of our hero.
    — Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2018
  • This time, instead of Swift being cast as a temptress, Gyllenhaal's behavior is under scrutiny.
    — Jenny Singer, Glamour, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Seo Yea-ji returns to the small screen in the Korean melodrama Eve, playing a temptress with a longstanding vendetta.
    — Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 3 June 2022
  • The Eve of biblical legend was a temptress, thus initiating a lamentable theme in the history of sexism.
    — Stephen Jay Gould, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
  • The spring shows belonged to 23-year-old Elisa Sednaoui, the model and actress who is equal parts leggy temptress and sweetly smiling beauty.
    — Derek Blasberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Feb. 2011
  • After all, the last 20 years of television have been defined by men exhibiting antisocial behavior that puts almost any raven-haired temptress to shame.
    — Leeann Duggan, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2017
  • With her enormous liquid-brown eyes and voice that swings effortlessly from a deep, smoky growl to a breathy high pitch, Cabello is a temptress with a sense of humor, a geek unafraid to make fun of herself.
    — Kimberly Cutter, Marie Claire, 14 Nov. 2018
  • Skarsgaard can portray wide-eyed innocence and dead-eyed menace equally well, and has ample opportunity to do both, while scream queen Goth gives another raucous turn as a temptress without morals.
    — Thomas Page, CNN, 27 Jan. 2023

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