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 Air raid sirens began to ring out late Wednesday and blared for more than nine hours. Daryna Mayer, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2024 As the vehicle merged onto I-95 South, the trooper activated their emergency lights and siren to initiate a traffic stop. Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 26 Nov. 2024 Agents have access to activate spotlights and sirens and can speak through the device in the case of an intrusion. 2. Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 29 Nov. 2024 Still, the challenge — like the rocket siren that had sounded in the coastal city earlier in the day — did little to faze her. Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for siren 
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Noun
  • 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
  • This temptress outdoes the Oakville Reserve with seductive powers, as the black raspberry cobbler and tiramisu flavors are irresistible, especially combined with bright notes of orange peel that lift the rich body along the flavorful finish.
    Cathrine Todd, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • With the aid of avant-pop producer Justin Raisen, Gordon’s unsettling speech fragments—that vamp on the relentless nature of technology and consumerism—float just above a froth of trap beats and industrial clamor.
    Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Or will Peter Parker team up with a certain daywalker and start slaying vamps?
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Catherine is a tease, a seductress — a teenager’s wet dream and a mother’s worst nightmare.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
  • The problem is that she’s cast herself in the part of a 16-year-old seductress.
    Kathryn Vandervalk, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Hit Man ultimately is about Gary's romance with another potential paycheck (Adria Arjona), who has some of the enticingly dangerous appeal of a femme fatale out of a James M. Cain thriller.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
  • So there’s an established trope of the femme fatale Russian female agent.
    Erin Douglass, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Dec. 2024

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“Siren.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/siren. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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