seductive

Example Sentences

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She played the scheming, seductive Iris in the 1970 blaxploitation comedy classic “Cotton Comes to Harlem.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

It said they had resisted "psychological warfare, extensive propaganda and seductive offers".

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

He refuses to characterize Laxman as a seductive antihero, perhaps on the moral grounds of not wanting to make such a man seem attractive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

But he’s also puckish – sylph-like and otherworldly, seductive and repellent, as likely to swaddle Sarah in her heart’s desire as he is to toss her into the belching, farting Bog of Eternal Stench.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

Jean de Satigny would smile his sparkling, seductive smile without saying a word, and Blanca could not help noticing that he was a lot more handsome than Pedro Tercero.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende