as in temptress
a woman whom men find irresistibly attractive
a siren who could captivate any audience
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Recent Examples of siren
Footage shared by the Irish Independent shows the emergency services evacuating people from burning homes on a residential street as sirens blare in the background.
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Olivia-Anne Cleary, Time, 10 June 2026
For generations, the Hudson Valley has served as New York City’s unofficial backyard—a place for summer swimming, antique hunting, leaf peeping, and weekends spent trading loud sirens for sweet birdsong.
—Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 June 2026
The song’s siren is still blaring.
—Wesley Morris, New York Times, 9 June 2026
The Hi-Lo warning sound is a distinct tone that differs from a standard police siren and alternates between high and low frequencies.
—Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2026
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Olivia-Anne Cleary, Time, 10 June 2026
For generations, the Hudson Valley has served as New York City’s unofficial backyard—a place for summer swimming, antique hunting, leaf peeping, and weekends spent trading loud sirens for sweet birdsong.
—Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 June 2026
The song’s siren is still blaring.
—Wesley Morris, New York Times, 9 June 2026
The Hi-Lo warning sound is a distinct tone that differs from a standard police siren and alternates between high and low frequencies.
—Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for siren
Recent Examples of Synonyms for siren
Noun
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In Italian, a diavola is a dangerous, powerful woman, and likely a temptress.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
13 May 2026
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Indeed, she is labelled with being a rule-breaker and temptress.—
Lisa Z. Lindahl,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2026
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Stoker’s Frankensteined creation was born from the history of the Anglo-literary vampire that begins with Polidori’s Ruthven, the first aristocratic, Byronesque and demonic seducer.—
Robert Eggers,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Tonal laces ran from the vamp to the top of the stretch shaft, leaving narrow openings down the front, while a side zipper offered a quicker entry than the full lace-up construction suggested.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
13 June 2026
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Thus, the god-vamp forms a rock band with his noisy next-door neighbors and starts writing songs as a rebuttal to (and reclamation of) Daniel’s book.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
7 June 2026
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Dumas’ sinister seductress Milady is now a British spy helping the Nazis.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
11 Mar. 2026
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The debut collection is split into four categories: seductress, romantic, playful, and comfy.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
27 Jan. 2026
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Speaking of Li Jun Li, both of you play off each other so well as femme fatale and hardboiled detective.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
11 June 2026
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All as much fans of soft-core nineties femme fatale films as experimental cinema.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
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“Siren.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/siren. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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