Example Sentences

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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 McCutcheon, George Barr