seductive

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

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

In Guillermo Cienfuegos’ enlivening, if at times unsteady, production at A Noise Within, the role is played by Ann Noble, who forgoes the outdated hunchback but adopts a seething, slithering, perversely seductive aura of menace.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

This assumption is all the more seductive because it contains a grain of truth.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

Well, people return to the racetrack, too: Memories of past wins are seductive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Jefferson himself thought in this French fashion, Adams claimed, confusing the seductive prospects envisioned in his imagination with the more limited possibilities history permitted.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis