Examples of temptress in a Sentence
Greta Garbo, one of the most famous temptresses ever to appear on screen, died in 1990.
Recent Examples on the Web
Benetti has unleashed another elegant temptress on the high seas.
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2024
Feldman, a Broadway alum and Dear Evan Hansen star, is the repressed foil to Lawrence's chaotic temptress, and Lawrence attacks the role with gusto, weathering accidental mace attacks and skinny-dipping shenanigans.
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 22 June 2023
Into this solution enters a temptress, Tardigrade (contralto Cecelia McKinley), the last of her kind, who threatens their budding love by luring one of the polyfluoroalkyl substances into a crater of liquid mercury.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2024
The Eve of biblical legend was a temptress, thus initiating a lamentable theme in the history of sexism.
—Stephen Jay Gould, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
That movie, now rightly recognized as a masterpiece, had a famously rocky landing here in 2013, at Telluride’s 40th-anniversary edition, where audiences didn’t exactly warm to the disturbing, plot-free spectacle of Scarlett Johansson as an alien temptress sucking men’s bodies dry.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2023
Inspired by Cleopatra the temptress, this floral, sweet scent blends orchid, amber, vanilla, and musk.
—April Benshosan, womenshealthmag.com, 4 June 2023
Nature's Bounty Horny Goat Weed w/Maca Unleash your inner temptress with Nature's Bounty Horny Goat Weed w/Maca!
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 8 Mar. 2023
The Russian temptress, who often placed her victims in restraints, suddenly found herself in handcuffs.
—Peter Van Sant
july 7, CBS News, 7 July 2018
Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2024
Feldman, a Broadway alum and Dear Evan Hansen star, is the repressed foil to Lawrence's chaotic temptress, and Lawrence attacks the role with gusto, weathering accidental mace attacks and skinny-dipping shenanigans.
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 22 June 2023
Into this solution enters a temptress, Tardigrade (contralto Cecelia McKinley), the last of her kind, who threatens their budding love by luring one of the polyfluoroalkyl substances into a crater of liquid mercury.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2024
The Eve of biblical legend was a temptress, thus initiating a lamentable theme in the history of sexism.
—Stephen Jay Gould, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
That movie, now rightly recognized as a masterpiece, had a famously rocky landing here in 2013, at Telluride’s 40th-anniversary edition, where audiences didn’t exactly warm to the disturbing, plot-free spectacle of Scarlett Johansson as an alien temptress sucking men’s bodies dry.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2023
Inspired by Cleopatra the temptress, this floral, sweet scent blends orchid, amber, vanilla, and musk.
—April Benshosan, womenshealthmag.com, 4 June 2023
Nature's Bounty Horny Goat Weed w/Maca Unleash your inner temptress with Nature's Bounty Horny Goat Weed w/Maca!
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 8 Mar. 2023
The Russian temptress, who often placed her victims in restraints, suddenly found herself in handcuffs.
—Peter Van Sant
july 7, CBS News, 7 July 2018
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“Temptress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/temptress. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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temptress
noun
tempt·ress
ˈtem(p)-trəs 
: a woman who tempts
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