temptress

He later directed her at the Met, where she sang the title role in a new staging of Bizet's Carmen, portraying the heroine as a "pouty teenager" rather than the sultry temptress of most productions.

From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2022

The Warner Bros. movie, starring Paul Muni as an Eastside lawyer named Johnny Ramirez and Bette Davis as the temptress whom he spurns, was popular when released.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2021

Demetriou’s vacillation between annoyed den mother and over-the-top temptress provides a wonderful balance to Berry’s consistently melodramatic Lazlo, who takes bestial form by bellowing out, “baaaaAAAAT” even though this is obviously a highly unnecessary flourish..

From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2019

Loveliness, in fiction, typically graces a pair of archetypes: the angel and the temptress.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2018

“And now, Harry, let us step out into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

Late in 2021, Wallen was featured on a hip-hop single by the rapper Lil Durk, “Broadway Girls,” singing about the temptresses of Nashville’s Lower Broadway honky-tonks.

From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2023

Through their story, Miller and Wheeler aim to re-shape the legend of King Arthur by placing women in positions of power as opposed to relegating them to mere objects of desire or sinister temptresses.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2020

But the male figures in the Theranos narrative have a whole lot in common with men as #MeToo’s opponents often present them — hapless prey taken for a ride by opportunists or temptresses.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2019

Of all the temptresses in Dark Shadows, Green most acutely understands how to play for both humor and horror.

From Time ● May 10, 2012

They shed many tears of anguish over the faithlessness of husbands; tears of hatred over the viciousness of temptresses.

From The Man from Brodney's by George Barr McCutcheon