temptress
Americannoun
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temptresses
plural
noun
Gender
See -ess.
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Origin of temptress
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Before D’Angelo’s encore, a glowing account of the Dvorak chestnut “Songs My Mother Taught Me,” she closed the written program with Clara Schumann’s “Lorelei,” about that folkloric temptress.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2022
By 1381, the duke's reputation was at an all time low, and Swynford was targeted as "an abominable temptress."
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2022
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
“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
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
The Flower Maidens are not the traditional temptresses, but a crowd of winsome girls in flower-print frocks, playing with jump-ropes and dolls.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2015
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
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