as in tempts
to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage
I wasn't going to buy the car, but was seduced by the low-interest payment plan
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Recent Examples of seduces
Intrigued, the Duke secretly seduces Gilda, breaks her heart and destroys Rigoletto’s life.
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Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026
The victim of his sacrifice is Gretchen, a virgin whom Faust seduces and abandons in his devilish reverie, and who kills their illegitimate child.
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Merve Emre,
New Yorker,
1 Dec. 2025
The film follows the deliciously immoral, widowed Lady Susan Vernon (Kate Beckinsale), who maneuvers, deceives and seduces her way through London and across her relatives' country estates in an effort to find a wealthy husband for herself and her daughter, Frederica (Morfydd Clark).
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Andrea Wurzburger,
PEOPLE,
29 Nov. 2025
Everything about the scene seduces the viewer into what dining while traveling in the most luxurious fashion could be, and once was.
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Kristin L. Wolfe,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
In his youth, the blue-eyed Stamp was widely considered one of the most handsome men onscreen, and Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini used that to peculiar effect in Teorema (1968), casting the actor as a nameless and wordless visitor who seduces an entire household.
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Rhett Bartlett,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Aug. 2025
Ed Simon on why fascism seduces writers.
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Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026
The victim of his sacrifice is Gretchen, a virgin whom Faust seduces and abandons in his devilish reverie, and who kills their illegitimate child.
—
Merve Emre,
New Yorker,
1 Dec. 2025
The film follows the deliciously immoral, widowed Lady Susan Vernon (Kate Beckinsale), who maneuvers, deceives and seduces her way through London and across her relatives' country estates in an effort to find a wealthy husband for herself and her daughter, Frederica (Morfydd Clark).
—
Andrea Wurzburger,
PEOPLE,
29 Nov. 2025
Everything about the scene seduces the viewer into what dining while traveling in the most luxurious fashion could be, and once was.
—
Kristin L. Wolfe,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
In his youth, the blue-eyed Stamp was widely considered one of the most handsome men onscreen, and Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini used that to peculiar effect in Teorema (1968), casting the actor as a nameless and wordless visitor who seduces an entire household.
—
Rhett Bartlett,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Aug. 2025
Ed Simon on why fascism seduces writers.
—
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seduces
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Daniel’s presence is but one of many not-so-subtle ways Lestat tempts Louis back into his life.
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Doue and Dembele also drop into midfield, while Kvaratskhelia is his usual destructive self off the left, rounding off a nightmare of rotations and raw running power that tempts defences out of their shape before smashing through.
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Sure, Antarctica has penguins, but the Arctic lures travelers north with polar bears and walruses, especially in the remote Svalbard archipelago.
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This particular market lures in people from all across the region, numbering as many as 3,500 on summer days.
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Your warmth persuades when details sparkle today.
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When he is held captive by the nymph Calypso, Athena persuades Zeus to secure Odysseus’s release.
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Named for the English resort city of Bath, Bath County entices visitors to slow down and connect with nature.
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In a European women’s football ecosystem that still relies predominantly on the beneficence of men’s football, Kang’s bullishness to put her money where her mouth is naturally entices.
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