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Recent Examples of sexpot
The glamorous sexpot would be inhabited by a new character, Seema.
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Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2023
Women don’t really get much to do, except as sexpots, moms, typists and drunks; in the film’s cumbrous final act, Emily Blunt’s Kitty Oppenheimer is relegated to fuming over who shakes her husband’s hand.
—Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2023
Niagara rocketed Monroe to superstardom, codifying her sexpot image as enshrined in reviews that compared her figure in her tight dresses to the beauties of Niagara Falls.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 28 Sep. 2022
Ricci did not shy away from macabre material or transgressive themes, and the media was glad to cast her as an unruly sexpot.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2022
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Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2023
Women don’t really get much to do, except as sexpots, moms, typists and drunks; in the film’s cumbrous final act, Emily Blunt’s Kitty Oppenheimer is relegated to fuming over who shakes her husband’s hand.
—Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2023
Niagara rocketed Monroe to superstardom, codifying her sexpot image as enshrined in reviews that compared her figure in her tight dresses to the beauties of Niagara Falls.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 28 Sep. 2022
Ricci did not shy away from macabre material or transgressive themes, and the media was glad to cast her as an unruly sexpot.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sexpot
Noun
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Even an effortless charmer like Glen Powell can have awkward encounters with other celebrities.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Sep. 2025
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Bellwether is a fitting name for this charmer; the old-but-new sensibilities here set the standard for low-country luxury with eyes trained on both the present and the past.—
Skye Sherman,
Southern Living,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Case in point, the character of Bruiser Stone (Lana Parrilla), reimagined here as a buxom seductress with a heart of gold.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Aside from Rain, other key figures in the books include Delilah, a conflicted Mossad seductress who is both Rain’s lover and his deadliest adversary, and Dox, a wisecracking Texan sniper.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox, which is executive-produced by Knox and features a finale co-written by her and showrunner K.J. Steinberg, is an attempt to redefine her as a girl rather than a temptress, an innocent rather than a murderer.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
20 Aug. 2025
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Just like Lana, there was someone clever, driven, working beneath the veneer of the beautiful temptress.—
Meg Pillow
July 31,
Literary Hub,
31 July 2025
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“Sexpot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sexpot. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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