Examples of temptress in a Sentence

Greta Garbo, one of the most famous temptresses ever to appear on screen, died in 1990.

Recent Examples on the Web Mother is all three: First human in the beautiful place, ruinous temptress, monster patrolling the mystical totem of power. — Darren Franich, EW.com, 11 May 2020 Wendy is jealous of Tiger Lily’s perceived seduction of Peter, a storyline that plays into an insidious trope of women of colour as temptresses, while white women are virginal and pure. — Anne Cohen, refinery29.com, 2 Mar. 2020 Pompous Nandor the Relentless (Kayvan Novak), irreverent Laszlo (Matt Berry) and temptress Nadja (Natasia Demetriou) are among the vampires living on Staten Island for 200 years. — Mark Dawidziak, cleveland, 29 Dec. 2019 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 Loveliness, in fiction, typically graces a pair of archetypes: the angel and the temptress. — A.j. Finn, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2018 It's covered with a pop-art mural of a pistol-wielding '60s-era temptress. — Arizona Republic, azcentral, 21 June 2018 Hope can be a brutal, uncaring temptress, ramping expectations into exhilarating crescendo before yanking the ball away, Lucy-style, as Charlie Brown tumbles again. — Bryce Miller, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 May 2018 Maggie Lou Rader is a wonderfully anxious temptress. — David Lyman, Cincinnati.com, 7 Apr. 2018

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