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
Shapiro goes on at 6:30 p.m., accompanied by a pyrotechnics display worthy of the WWE — an elfin figure in an off-the-rack sports coat occupying center stage, cheered on like a pop siren by a mosh pit filled with blond 20-somethings in Stetsons and MAGA hats.
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Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2025
The fire trucks did not have their sirens on, and the shouting neighbor had stopped.
—Teju Cole, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
The prosecutor’s office said then that Dave had on his emergency lights and that other pedestrians reported hearing his siren.
—Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 7 Jan. 2025
Wind and sirens intrude, followed by helicopter blades.
—Brendan Fitzgerald, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
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Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2025
The fire trucks did not have their sirens on, and the shouting neighbor had stopped.
—Teju Cole, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
The prosecutor’s office said then that Dave had on his emergency lights and that other pedestrians reported hearing his siren.
—Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 7 Jan. 2025
Wind and sirens intrude, followed by helicopter blades.
—Brendan Fitzgerald, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for siren
Recent Examples of Synonyms for siren
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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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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
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The True Blood vamp plays a wealthy novelist who accidentally kills a local man at a seaside resort and discovers there’s a way for rich people to avoid the law in this part of the world.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
7 Jan. 2025
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Somehow, that doesn’t cure Guillermo’s melancholy, and the other vamps theorize about why this is bothering Guillermo so much.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
16 Dec. 2024
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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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The problem is that she’s cast herself in the part of a 16-year-old seductress.—
Kathryn Vandervalk,
EW.com,
21 Oct. 2024
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Alice, Lost Highway Playing double duty as both Renee Madison and Alice Wakefield in 1997’s head-spinning Lost Highway, Patricia Arquette delivers a killer performance of another Lynch femme fatale with a twist.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
17 Jan. 2025
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One of her best sellers, the Na Me Cause Am t-shirt, features a Black woman femme fatale with an afro as the subject.—
Kerane Marcellus,
Essence,
31 Oct. 2024
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“Siren.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/siren. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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