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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

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

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

A passion for whatever is greatly wild or magnificent in the works of nature seduces the imagination to attend to all that is extravagant, however unnatural.

From The Poetical Works of William Collins With a Memoir by William Collins

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

“Any fool can tell a lie,” she explained, “but the right method is to tell the truth in such a way that the intelligent reader is seduced into telling the lie for himself.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

Del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” starred a boyfriend from the Black Lagoon who seduced voters into awarding it best picture and best director in 2018.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026

Catelyn thought back to that terrible trek through the Mountains of the Moon, and the way Tyrion Lannister had somehow seduced that sellsword from her service to his own.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Instead of singing about seducing women, he talked about empowering them.

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026

Like turntables, typewriters, tiki bars and film cameras, these midcentury motels are back, seducing millennials, Gen Z and baby boomers like the character Johnny Rose on the beloved TV series “Schitt’s Creek.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025

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

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood