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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

A flurry of new schemes to launch Europe-based social networks faces a steep, rocky road to seduce users away from American and Asian giants in the sector.

From Barron's ● May 9, 2026

No marketing copy trying to seduce you into believing it’s more than it is.

From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2025

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

While Mozart’s aim was to charm, seduce and occasionally tease his audiences, Beethoven’s mission was to confront them.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Danielle Pinnock’s character, a Jamaican woman who is taken to America by a wizened older man she refers to as the “old raisin,” has a brassy boldness and bawdiness that also seduces the audience’s affections.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 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

It seduces with variety of color and texture — just as tangy cranberry compote refreshes after buttery mashed potatoes — but tends to leave you overstuffed.

From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2023

Such a mindset seduces us into delaying tough choices, putting off the things we meant to do and say until tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow.

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2023

It seduces you and bribes you in advance to become his disciple.

From A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy by James, William

But Michael is a standard-issue good kid seduced by the lure of the more glamorous bad kids—one of “The Outsiders,” but with fangs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 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

Madrid has emerged as a coveted global luxury housing destination as Latin American and US investors fuel a real estate boom, seduced by competitive prices and high living standards.

From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026

The view of some at senior levels of the New Brunswick government was that the informal working group, seduced by the possibility of a scientific mystery, was circumventing the province.

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026

Farmer was particularly seduced by the Creole language, a blend of French and various African languages, unique to Haiti.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

And although Lewis confirms that there was a female agent on the ground, he notes that she was not, like the movie’s Marjorie, tasked with seducing Nazis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2024

“May December” pivots on who is seducing or manipulating whom, which plays out through the final scene.

From Salon ● Dec. 1, 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 love singing during the daytime where I can see your faces and see your eyes," she declared, further seducing an already enthusiastic audience.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2022

The smell of barbecue sauce was seeping from the window upstairs, seducing the whole hood.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds