sirens

plural of siren
as in vamps
a woman whom men find irresistibly attractive a siren who could captivate any audience

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Recent Examples of sirens Families huddled in safe rooms assume the sirens will end soon but grow alarmed as the sound of gunfire builds. Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025 And after so many years of unceasing war and endless danger, today the skies are calm, the guns are silent, the sirens are still. Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025 Shield then quickly turns on his lights and sirens, making a U-turn and honking to warn ongoing drivers as the child makes it to the other side and runs through some grass. Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025 In Davao City, firefighters were filmed crouching on the ground outside their station, as sirens blared. Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025 But sure enough, the artist born Frederick John Philip Gibson enlisted Amy Taylor and company for his drum n’ bass-inflected latest single, harnessing the group’s energy and then exploding it with Gesaffelstein-like sirens and typically all-over-the-place vocal triggers. Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025 At one point during Knox’s meeting with Mignini, Knox’s mother hears sirens from far away and begins to panic — thinking police are on their way to arrest Knox again. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025 Constant police sirens blared throughout the maze. Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025 Within minutes of the show ending, the air raid sirens return. Finbarr Toesland, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2025

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“Sirens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sirens. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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