as in charismatic
having an often mysterious or magical power to attract
people always remarked on the cult leader's seductive personality
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Recent Examples of seductive
Then there are the intangibles, the seductive addictiveness of just how meaningful English football is, both to each club’s community and to the entire planet.
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Andrés Martinez, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
This is a seductive idea, which Bolloré and Bonnassies spend a painstaking 500 pages trying to support.
—Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
That's really possible, to be, really shiny and seductive in that.
—Outside Online, 25 Mar. 2026
The seductive speech that gets the girl.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 25 Mar. 2026
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Andrés Martinez, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
This is a seductive idea, which Bolloré and Bonnassies spend a painstaking 500 pages trying to support.
—Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
That's really possible, to be, really shiny and seductive in that.
—Outside Online, 25 Mar. 2026
The seductive speech that gets the girl.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 25 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for seductive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seductive
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In the nineteen-seventies, Franciscan University, a small school on a hill above the downtown, became a center for charismatic Catholicism, an expressive, theologically orthodox movement that paralleled the development of the evangelical Jesus People and secular hippie culture.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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Because there’s something about Toni Collette as a charismatic cult leader offering you a framework for your rage that feels like something Mae Martin would be susceptible to.—
Brittany Delay,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Complimentary blankets aren’t always available—or appealing, for that matter—making this a mistake that seasoned travelers learn to plan around.—
Samantha Leal,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Apr. 2026
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That balance is part of what makes the MDX Type S so appealing.—
Sponsored Content,
Denver Post,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The era of the concert hall was at hand, and the same qualities that had made the mandolin attractive at home now put it at a disadvantage.—
Tim Parks,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2026
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Do leave enough of the shoots in bloom to keep attractive plants.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The Whitley Hotel Atlanta Buckhead One of Buckhead's most charming properties, The Whitley blends old-school grandeur with cosmopolitan style.—
Ellie Nan Storck,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Apr. 2026
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Big-hearted and sharply funny, Lucy Schulman is a charming comedic coming-of-age story from multihyphenate Tribeca alum Ellie Sachs.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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That doesn’t mean the 77,100-acre oasis of craggy peaks, maze-like caves, and alpine lakes is any less enchanting.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Apr. 2026
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In the next photo shared in Fleetwood's March 28 carousel, the happy couple kiss in an enchanting tropical locale.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Bloomberg Weekend discusses big ideas and open questions in the fascinating places where finance, life and culture meet.—
Austin Carr,
Bloomberg,
21 Apr. 2026
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Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more.—
Avni Trivedi,
CNN Money,
21 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The feature is set in British Columbia, largely in the span of a summer during the nineteen-nineties, in a calm residential suburb on the ruggedly alluring Vancouver Island.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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Captive in bucolic panopticons, their lives are at once aesthetically alluring, depressingly regressive and anthropologically fascinating.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Seductive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seductive. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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