seduce
verb (used with object)
to lead astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; corrupt.
seduces
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present tense formof seduce (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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“AI obviously seduces a lot of people into thinking they’re in love, or this is a good therapist or this is a good doctor,” Robert said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
When Sue Nyathi sent her debut novel The Polygamist to publishers, "they thought there was no market for the book" about a married Zimbabwean man and the women he seduces, she says.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Over and over again, he seduces us with color, engages us with delectable subject matter, and then stuns us with his overwhelming pictorial intelligence and inventiveness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
"This is a collective success by the whole country that perfectly demonstrates Spain's enormous attractivity, because Spain is a country that seduces the world," he said.
From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026
It never seduces the attention of the auditor from the essential concerns of the drama itself: never, as with Wagner, tyrannically absorbs the mind.
From Aspects of Modern Opera Estimates and Inquiries by Lawrence Gilman
