siren
noun
one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
sirenlike
-
a word derived from
siren.
Example Sentences
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Ahead, the former federal pen loomed forbidding and drab, luring visitors toward the rocks, sirenlike in its perverse appeal.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 4, 2018
Shakespeare’s play of magic, illusion and music has exerted a sirenlike power over composers from Purcell to Sibelius, from Ligeti to Berio.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2012
The transmitter emits a sirenlike radio beacon on preset frequencies, enabling rescuers to home in on survivors.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then he turned up the amplifier volume, producing a sirenlike screaming sound.
From Time Magazine Archive
Instantly the force-shells ceased to hail toward them, and as they moved nearer a sirenlike signal broke from the cage.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 by Harry Bates
