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The malignant Nurse conjures up a pack of monkeys, an octet of twirling black dresses, and a silver-painted dancer to seduce the Dyer’s Wife.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

But in the 1985 novel told from his point of view, he’s reborn as a rock star, emerging from a long, depressive slumber just in time to seduce the MTV generation.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026

While the first four days are for the industry only, the weekend and Monday are open to the public, with organisers seeking to seduce a new generation of younger buyers.

From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026

I also have questions for you about conscious or unconscious bias: What actual evidence do you have that this woman is trying to seduce your father?

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 1, 2025

White then explored the rumor that Rose Osage had killed Anna because Anna had tried to seduce her boyfriend, Joe Allen.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

When Sue Nyathi sent her debut novel The Polygamist to publishers, "they thought there was no market for the book" about a married Zimbabwean man and the women he seduces, she says.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Over and over again, he seduces us with color, engages us with delectable subject matter, and then stuns us with his overwhelming pictorial intelligence and inventiveness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026

"This is a collective success by the whole country that perfectly demonstrates Spain's enormous attractivity, because Spain is a country that seduces the world," he said.

From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026

Fennell captures all the bad behavior in a way that seduces viewers, but also makes them complicit in the manipulation.

From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2023

What can be worse than a man that lies to women and seduces an innocent girl under promise of marriage?

From The Spinners by Eden Phillpotts

Top among them are the United States, where Americans on both coasts enjoy the cocktail hour staple -- but whose interior has yet to be seduced by the spritz.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

Take “Avatar,” which seduced audiences with its immersive 3D format so intensely that some viewers reported experiencing depression returning to the real world.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

“It is reprehensible that a state corrections officer can be seduced by greed and manipulated by others to commit such crimes that endanger the public,” Hochman said in the statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026

“It’s really easy to be seduced by your own myths, to think that, for example, every Coach customer out there is that cool Brooklynite wearing vintage,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026

What I felt with Gau was that I was being seduced, not in the sexual sense, of course, but in a global way, that our conversation was being conducted on his terms, not mine.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

Rebecka says GenAI "is very seducing", but there isn't currently a way to incorporate it into developer's daily work.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025

Still, one wonders how much better this would be if its makers were more insistent on seducing the audience with humor instead of searching for ways to dance around it.

From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2024

Writer-director Brit McAdams’ debut feature takes the readily spoofable Bob Ross-ian allure of a honey-voiced, majestically permed instructor seducing viewers with his therapeutic landscapes, and gives it a gentle nudge into “Anchorman” territory.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2023

“Everyday Play: A Campaign Against Boredom” from London design press Redstone has lately been seducing customers from its place of pride by the front door.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2023

I can’t imagine it seducing anything but a fruit fly.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood