seduced

past tense of seduce

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Recent Examples of seduced Countless service members were seduced by the region’s beauty and fair weather and chose to settle here. Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025 Models walking his sultry runway seduced the audience in beautiful suiting, a dress with a plunging neckline that mirrored an equally high slit. Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025 The novel opens as the teenage Karl Rossmann, whose parents shipped him off to America for fathering a child when he was seduced by the family’s thirty-five-year-old cook, arrives on a steamer in New York harbor and sees the Statue of Liberty holding not the emblematic torch but rather a sword. Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025 Her distinctive style stance has seduced the likes of Addison Rae, Ice Spice, Kylie Jenner, Hari Nef, Selena Gomez, Hailey Bieber, Chloë Sevigny and Sarah Jessica Parker. Alex Wynne, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025 Janet and Brad are put in separate rooms and both are seduced in the night by a shape-shifting Frank – in Janet's case, losing her virginity. Brian Truitt, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025 These two energies seduced me to find womxn who, through their artistic work, were open to rebellious acts such as publishing art books on essential topics. Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025 What really happened was that Cherry seduced Daniel into leaving after spotting her ex-boyfriend Nicholas’s new fiancée. Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025 Technology plays a role, but Hughes cautions against being seduced by high-profile projects at the expense of less visible but more foundational work. Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seduced
Verb
  • Hoka Ora Primo Recovery Slip-on Sneaker These Hoka recovery sneakers are so comfy you may be tempted to use them as everyday slippers.
    Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Now, with a new seasonal lineup, you’ll be tempted with scents that remind you of your family’s holiday dessert buffet.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In 1994, he was lured to Miami to help his friend Don Busweiler build his streetwear brand named Pervert.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The Times reported that Benkired lured Lola to her apartment before raping her, mutilating her and eventually fatally suffocating her with duct tape.
    Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As reported by the Columbus Dispatch, Judge Page was particularly persuaded by concerns about fairness and equity.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • De Marco, who has a gray goatee and an easy laugh, had persuaded Imperiale to become a pentito, or state’s witness, in exchange for a lighter sentence.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And, that, my friends, will be the cause of much celebration if he could ever be enticed to perform at, say, the National Theatre, the Royal Court or the Almeida or the Donmar or in the commercial West End.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
  • In the chain’s most recent earnings call last month, Kempczinski said customers more than doubled their visits after joining the program, enticed by discounts.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025

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