seduced

past tense of seduce

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of seduced Will Stewart be seduced into the path of corruption by using Sinestro’s emotionally tainted battery, or steel himself against ill influences and continue to blaze his own trail as Earth's sole protector for the time being? — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2026 Armani’s languid silhouette soon seduced red- and blue-blooded men the world over. — Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026 The song is about a true story of three Dutch teenage girls in World War II, during the occupation, who seduced Nazi officers and murdered them in the woods. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026 If Gayle Newland had been a cis man who had seduced Miss X by pretending to be Kye Fortune, the case would have fallen outside the McNally principle, and Miss X would have had very little chance of having her complaint heard. — S. C. Cornell, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026 Many have taken up such invitations, seduced by the island’s stress-free, go-slow rhythm. — Michelle Jana Chan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2026 Or if leadership got seduced by silhouette, movement and atmosphere, neglecting to marry the galleries to the overall concept. — Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 When Miguel is being seduced by the bunker project, Zeller and composer Volker Bertelmann even weave voices resembling the Sirens into the score. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026 Blowing Oleksa’s cover would mean publicly admitting that there are five senators on her asset list — one of whom was seduced into posing for some, uh, compromising photographs. — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seduced
Verb
  • Many clients are tempted to move to a low-tax locale like Florida or Texas before a big exit.
    — Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Libra September 23 – October 22 You may be tempted to spend, commit, or say yes a little too quickly this morning.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 13 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • That night, Pike, her boyfriend, 17-year-old Tadaryl Shipp, and an acquaintance, Shadolla Peterson, 18, lured Slemmer to an isolated area behind the agricultural campus steam plant.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • When Conrad was knocked down at a practice session, Belmonte ran to help him while Manolete lured the animal away.
    — Stephen Bates, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • But my encounter with Washington’s new generation has persuaded me of how deeply this party is now shaped by the ideological pillars of MAGA.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Mamut and Grönberg were persuaded by Paul Best, a new arrival at Elliott, who believed that the eclipse of brick-and-mortar retail by online commerce had been overstated, and that certain chains could flourish if well capitalized.
    — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • But while Cartman and Ike are in Sephora, they get enticed into going into the backrooms with an employee, which look straight out of Kane Parsons’ horror film.
    — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
  • During the mid-2000s, some tribal members, enticed by a chance at life-changing money, got involved in moving people and drugs, fueling cycles of arrest and incarceration that exacerbated challenges the community was already facing.
    — Ryan Devereaux, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2026

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“Seduced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seduced. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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