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 As the crowd went wild, the Grammy winners shared an emotional hug, exchanging a few words before Dion kissed the British siren's hand and sent her on her way. Shania Russell, EW.com, 27 Oct. 2024 Sky News reported that some senior state department officials and media members at Blinken's hotel left the breakfast hall and rushed to the shelter downstairs with other hotel guests and staff when the sirens went off. Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024 But what happens when the police flood lights burst on and the ICE sirens blare under a second Trump Administration? Paola Ramos, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024 The all clear from the citywide alert came approximately 10 minutes after the sirens started. Andrea Mitchell, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for siren 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for siren
Noun
  • Indeed, the movie’s sexiest scene finds our temptress entering Kei’s room and wordlessly taking nude photos of herself on his bed.
    Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 22 Sep. 2024
  • On television in the 1960s, Rowlands played the deaf-mute wife of a detective in the NBC series 87th Precinct and was the temptress Adrienne Van Leyden on ABC’s Peyton Place.
    Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Noun
  • Through John, Sarah meets vamp queen Miriam (Deneuve) and a dangerous flirtation begins.
    Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Working with Gabriella Claire Morpeth, Beckinsale completed her styling of the whimsical look with towering pink platform peep-toe Pleaser shoes featuring an ankle strap and a blooming pink flower on the vamp.
    Mikelle Street, WWD, 25 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
  • Catherine is a femme fatale, and Jonathan is her unwitting prey.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 Oct. 2024
  • This squinty vantage on Southern California, as a temptress who dashes hopes, also was evident in his script for Tequila Sunrise (1988), which starred Mel Gibson as a retired drug dealer, Kurt Russell as a cop and Michelle Pfeiffer as the femme fatale.
    Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019

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

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