sex symbol

Example Sentences

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After all, how many films deal with paganism, Christianity, murder and rural isolation with a cast including Scottish comedy greats, screen horror icons, two international sex symbols - plus songs and dances?

From BBC

Because he was America’s first modern Black male sex symbol, he both frightened and entranced White America.

From Washington Post

An earlier era might have dubbed Caplan a thinking man’s sex symbol.

From New York Times

During the press tours for these films, Majors won fans over with his vulnerable take on masculinity, while still presenting as a sex symbol with magazine cover shoots for outlets including Men’s Health and Ebony.

From Los Angeles Times

"The entirety of my life, it was, 'She's a pretty face. She's a sex symbol,''' Shields says in the series. "Over and over and over and over and over.

From Salon