seduce
verb (used with object)
to lead astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; corrupt.
were seducing
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past progressiveof seduce.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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In the late 19th century, middle class parents worried that “cheap, plentiful books were seducing children into a life of crime and violence.”
From Slate ● Feb. 15, 2021
By the end of the century there was growing concern—especially among middle class parents—that these cheap, plentiful books were seducing children into a life of crime and violence.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2017
Under a specious appearance of piety they deceived the wisest, and their earnest missionary efforts, extending over the whole of France, were seducing souls from Flanders to Britanny.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea
Now, were it some common man whom your allurements were seducing, as is usually your way, I should be less indignant.
From The Consolation of Philosophy by H. R. (Henry Rosher) James
I have found them in the hands of a learned pundit on the banks of the Ganges, whom they were seducing into dreams of dewy pastures and crystal rills.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 by Various
