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 Audio Eraser is an editing tool to cut out background noise in videos post-capture, canceling out the sound of a crowd's chatter or an ambulance's siren. Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 22 Jan. 2025 Copied Share No impacts or injuries following sirens, says emergency services Paul Goldman Reporting from Tel Aviv There have been no reports of rocket impacts or injuries, says Israel's emergency services, Magen David Adom, after red alert sirens sounded in areas across central Israel. Sean Nevin, NBC News, 19 Jan. 2025 When the trooper initiated his emergency lights and siren, the Audi continued driving south on Old Ridgebury Road without stopping, the warrant affidavit said. Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2025 In the music video, released Monday, frontwoman Michelle Zauner sings the delicate ballad, while bassist Jungle twirls in a gleaming seashell, emulating a siren. Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2025 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
  • 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
  • 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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  • Holding an axe, she was portrayed as a murderous, wealth-seeking seductress who had beheaded her husbands, evident by their heads disappearing from the wedding portraits scattered around the attic.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Catherine is a tease, a seductress — a teenager’s wet dream and a mother’s worst nightmare.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 30 Jan. 2025.

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