How to Use seductive in a Sentence

seductive

adjective
  • People always remarked on the cult leader's seductive personality.
  • For the Fab Four, the world was their dizzy, seductive oyster.
    Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 6 Apr. 2021
  • The bargain may be seductive, but add miles to the equation and oh, boy!
    Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2019
  • The amber adds a level of warmth that brings out the carnal, seductive side of the scent.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 5 Sep. 2024
  • With or without the flames, the smell of saffron, warm and seductive will fill your home.
    Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2020
  • This power is seductive and has found traction on the right as well as the left.
    Matt Shapiro, National Review, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Greed, on the other hand, is the seductive siren song of the financial world.
    Wayne Anderman, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
  • This is helped by the sheer force that is Ford Wright, a wall of man who turns a tool belt into a seductive gift.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2020
  • The images are seductive, but that's not the point, Smerling said.
    Meredith Blake Los Angeles Times, Star Tribune, 20 Oct. 2020
  • In the end, Madame Yale’s seductive sales pitch proved her downfall.
    Emmeline Clein, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Feb. 2020
  • Her makeup, too, is toned down -- a nude lip instead of the seductive red.
    Marianna Cerini, CNN, 23 Sep. 2022
  • It's got the glitz, the gorgeous people and the gleefully seductive looks.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 4 May 2023
  • In spite of these denials, the spectre of the Camorra haunts the film, always present, dark and seductive.
    Daniel Alarcón, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2019
  • In some ways the movie is like when the lights come on at the end of the night in a club and what once felt seductive is in an instant revealed to be seedy.
    Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2020
  • The sound of an egg frying in hot hot oil is as seductive as Marvin Gaye.
    Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 31 Oct. 2019
  • And what better way to lift a mood this season than with warm, moody, and seductive scents?
    Larry Stansbury, Essence, 12 Dec. 2024
  • If seductive mystery is more your thing, head back to the Four Seasons Madrid for a night at Isa.
    Danielle Pointdujour, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2021
  • But this is a very positive thing, too, and part of what makes Athens so seductive.
    New York Times, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Also seductive are the views from the emerald chapel and terrace on the second floor.
    Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2022
  • In fact, there are no edges at all, but rather, smooth flowing curves as seductive as those of any car from the early 1960s.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 23 May 2022
  • As a showcase for him and for Lovibond, Minx couldn’t be more seductive.
    Judy Berman, Time, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Sam Heughan has been known to show off a seductive side as Jamie Fraser on Outlander.
    Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Frankel said that both Ponzi and Madoff had the kind of seductive charm that Giordano, the actor, referred to.
    Eric J. Lyman, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Stories about the glitz and glamour of 1950s Idlewild are seductive, even to academics.
    Maria C. Hunt, House Beautiful, 10 June 2021
  • With vivid lyrics, seductive strings, and dark, brooding guitar twangs, each song sounds like a scene from a movie.
    Alex Gonzalez, Billboard, 27 Jan. 2022
  • But Andrew McMahon knew how to bring in the keys to accent the song’s seductive nature.
    Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 2 Mar. 2022
  • The music video features fire, leather outfits, and lots of seductive dancing in the rain.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN, 8 Feb. 2020
  • The seductive remix of kwn’s record is a match-made in heaven as Keh’s dreamy vocals merge with kwn’s steamy nature.
    Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 14 Feb. 2025
  • For better or worse, there’s something very seductive about the show.
    The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2022
  • The boldest aspect of Islands is that there’s no effort to make this discontent seductive (or ugly, for that matter).
    Nicolas Rapold, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2025

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