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seductress

noun

si-ˈdək-trəs

Definition of seductress

as in siren

a woman whom men find irresistibly attractive in the movie she played Cleopatra, one of history's most famous seductresses

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Recent Examples of seductress Unfortunately, Monroe’s efforts to get deep into the world of a scheming seductress with a very mean streak is one of the few things in this film that really work. — Matthew Jackson, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025 Dumas’ sinister seductress Milady is now a British spy helping the Nazis. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026 Case in point, the character of Bruiser Stone (Lana Parrilla), reimagined here as a buxom seductress with a heart of gold. — Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025 Aside from Rain, other key figures in the books include Delilah, a conflicted Mossad seductress who is both Rain’s lover and his deadliest adversary, and Dox, a wisecracking Texan sniper. — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for seductress

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siren

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Kerr County was among the first to install and begin testing sirens along the Guadalupe River in May 2026.

— Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Air raid sirens sounded for hours overnight, and explosions were heard across the city as Ukrainian air defenses worked to repel waves of incoming weapons.

— Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 2 July 2026

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