as in seducer
a woman whom men find irresistibly attractive
a siren who could captivate any audience
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Recent Examples of siren
Her name Parthenope is that of the ancient siren who according to legend created the sunstruck port city of Naples.
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Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
In Goma, a city of two million, the stench of death and the sounds of sirens wafted over the streets for days.
—Guerchom Ndebo, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Agents turned on the patrol boat’s blue flashing lights and sirens to signal to Cargill, 40, to stop his vessel, the complaint states.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2025
In the story, Odysseus bound himself to a mast in order to resist the sirens’ call.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
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Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
In Goma, a city of two million, the stench of death and the sounds of sirens wafted over the streets for days.
—Guerchom Ndebo, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Agents turned on the patrol boat’s blue flashing lights and sirens to signal to Cargill, 40, to stop his vessel, the complaint states.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2025
In the story, Odysseus bound himself to a mast in order to resist the sirens’ call.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for siren
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In the musical thriller, Lopez stars as Aurora, a fantasy temptress conjured up by Luis Molina, a gay hairdresser imprisoned during a war in Argentina circa 1981, along with Valentin Arregui Paz, a Marxist.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
26 Jan. 2025
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No Good Deed does have an undeniably fantastic cast at its disposal, from Luke Wilson as an unhappy soap actor to Linda Cardellini as a blonde temptress, from Denis Leary as a dangerous ex-con to the great Anna Maria Horsford as the overbearing mom of one prospective buyer.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
12 Dec. 2024
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Related Articles Roberts also wore gray Roger Vivier pumps with a large buckle on the vamp.—
Mikelle Street,
WWD,
28 Feb. 2025
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The fundamental elements of African American music were the sounds of enslaved Africans; cries, hollers, call and response, additive rhythms, bent notes, hand-clapping, stomps and constant repetition of rhythmic and melodic phrasing (from which riffs and vamps were derived).—
Ronald E. Scott,
New York Daily News,
1 Feb. 2025
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Holding an axe, she was portrayed as a murderous, wealth-seeking seductress who had beheaded her husbands, evident by their heads disappearing from the wedding portraits scattered around the attic.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Catherine is a tease, a seductress — a teenager’s wet dream and a mother’s worst nightmare.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
22 Oct. 2024
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Director Anna Biller expertly pairs female fantasy with the trope of the femme fatale.—
Brooke Knisley,
Vulture,
11 Feb. 2025
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Soon, a slinking femme fatale named Silver enters the scene, looking to rent out a room and perhaps purchase the venue, something that P-Sam is also discussing.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Siren.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/siren. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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