as in siren
a woman whom men find irresistibly attractive
Greta Garbo, one of the most famous temptresses ever to appear on screen, died in 1990
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Recent Examples of temptress
Olivia Rae made her reality TV debut as a temptress on Temptation Island (2025).
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Allison Degrushe Published, EW.com, 26 June 2025
The end is a three-and-a-half-minute outro inspired by The King and I… the music had this waltzing, temptress thing.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025
Ciara is heating up the streets and the sheets with her thrilling new single as Alex Isley transforms into a temptress with her sultry new musical offering.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Her vilification was fueled by the perception of Ono as an exotic temptress, and from a basic refusal to take her seriously.
—Beatrice Loayza, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Allison Degrushe Published, EW.com, 26 June 2025
The end is a three-and-a-half-minute outro inspired by The King and I… the music had this waltzing, temptress thing.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025
Ciara is heating up the streets and the sheets with her thrilling new single as Alex Isley transforms into a temptress with her sultry new musical offering.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Her vilification was fueled by the perception of Ono as an exotic temptress, and from a basic refusal to take her seriously.
—Beatrice Loayza, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for temptress
Recent Examples of Synonyms for temptress
siren
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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
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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
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“Temptress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temptress. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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