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Greta Garbo, one of the most famous temptresses ever to appear on screen, died in 1990.
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Good King, who falls for the temptress, promptly follows her tip to fight a far-off battle, and never returns.
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2025
The men live with a group of single women, known as the temptresses, while the women move in with a group of single men, dubbed the tempters.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Many early stories about Salome depicted her as an evil and manipulative temptress.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
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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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2025
The men live with a group of single women, known as the temptresses, while the women move in with a group of single men, dubbed the tempters.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Many early stories about Salome depicted her as an evil and manipulative temptress.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
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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“Temptress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/temptress. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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temptress
noun
tempt·ress
ˈtem(p)-trəs 
: a woman who tempts
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