How to Use temptress in a Sentence

temptress

noun

• Greta Garbo, one of the most famous temptresses ever to appear on screen, died in 1990.
• Patrizia is a flirt, a temptress, a schemer, a force of nature.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Nov. 2021
• The opera stars Ana María Martínez as opera’s most seductive temptress.
  — Los Angeles Magazine, 14 Aug. 2017
• Egged on by the urban temptress, the man very nearly murders his wife for the promise of a new life.
  — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2023
• The look gets its name from the sultry, mysterious vibe that a temptress would have.
  — Lisa Desantis, Glamour, 7 Mar. 2023
• Their first instinct is to see a woman claiming abuse as a temptress.
  — R. Albert Mohler, WSJ, 26 May 2022
• It's covered with a pop-art mural of a pistol-wielding '60s-era temptress.
  — Arizona Republic, azcentral, 21 June 2018
• These Pre-Raphaelite artists would often depict redheads in the nude or as temptresses.
  — Jessica Matlin, Allure, 15 Feb. 2018
• Suddenly, Veiga is perched on his shoulder, no longer a cold temptress but a kitten.
  — Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022
• Loveliness, in fiction, typically graces a pair of archetypes: the angel and the temptress.
  — A.j. Finn, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2018
• Dave’s strict religious code convinced him that Butcher was an evil temptress and caused Butcher to question her own worth.
  — Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Nov. 2021
• Inspired by Cleopatra the temptress, this floral, sweet scent blends orchid, amber, vanilla, and musk.
  — April Benshosan, womenshealthmag.com, 4 June 2023
• The spring shows belonged to 23-year-old Elisa Sednaoui, the model and actress who is equal parts leggy temptress and sweetly smiling beauty.
  — Derek Blasberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Feb. 2011
• Seo Yea-ji returns to the small screen in the Korean melodrama Eve, playing a temptress with a longstanding vendetta.
  — Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 3 June 2022
• Despite the bad breakup, Kiffin still apparently has feelings for his old L.A. temptress.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 18 July 2022
• With her enormous liquid-brown eyes and voice that swings effortlessly from a deep, smoky growl to a breathy high pitch, Cabello is a temptress with a sense of humor, a geek unafraid to make fun of herself.
  — Kimberly Cutter, Marie Claire, 14 Nov. 2018
• The Russian temptress, who often placed her victims in restraints, suddenly found herself in handcuffs.
  — Peter Van Sant july 7, CBS News, 7 July 2018
• The Russian temptress, who often placed her victims in restraints, suddenly found herself in handcuffs.
  — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2017
• Mother is all three: First human in the beautiful place, ruinous temptress, monster patrolling the mystical totem of power.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 11 May 2020
• Its most attention-grabbing headliner is Nellie LaRoy (Robbie), a temptress in red who’s a star already in the making and unmaking.
  — Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2022
• The action involves three muses — a chain-smoking temptress, an overheated diva and a fanciful kook — who each capture the attention of our hero.
  — Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2018
• Fanning, meanwhile, plays a teenage temptress whose surging hormones come into play when Farrell’s character enters the house.
  — Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 26 May 2017
• The Eve of biblical legend was a temptress, thus initiating a lamentable theme in the history of sexism.
  — Stephen Jay Gould, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
• After all, the last 20 years of television have been defined by men exhibiting antisocial behavior that puts almost any raven-haired temptress to shame.
  — Leeann Duggan, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2017
• This time, instead of Swift being cast as a temptress, Gyllenhaal's behavior is under scrutiny.
  — Jenny Singer, Glamour, 15 Nov. 2021
• Wendy is jealous of Tiger Lily’s perceived seduction of Peter, a storyline that plays into an insidious trope of women of colour as temptresses, while white women are virginal and pure.
  — Anne Cohen, refinery29.com, 2 Mar. 2020
• In addition to a spectrum of sounds, Wired magazine senior editor/pop culture temptress Nancy Miller offers a distinct dose of commentary that will surely make your ears a bit perky.
  — Scott Pierce, WIRED, 23 Apr. 2009
• Skarsgaard can portray wide-eyed innocence and dead-eyed menace equally well, and has ample opportunity to do both, while scream queen Goth gives another raucous turn as a temptress without morals.
  — Thomas Page, CNN, 27 Jan. 2023
• Into this solution enters a temptress, Tardigrade (contralto Cecelia McKinley), the last of her kind, who threatens their budding love by luring one of the polyfluoroalkyl substances into a crater of liquid mercury.
  — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2024
• Hope can be a brutal, uncaring temptress, ramping expectations into exhilarating crescendo before yanking the ball away, Lucy-style, as Charlie Brown tumbles again.
  — Bryce Miller, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 May 2018

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024