How to Use seduce in a Sentence

seduce

verb
Definition of seducenext
Synonyms for seducenext
  • He tried to seduce her.
  • She was seduced by an older man.
  • The other team seduced him with a better offer.
  • But the Day-Glo hues all caress and smack and seduce the eye.
    — Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Take the time to seduce yourself and touch all over your body.
    — Vanessa Marin, Allure, 28 June 2018
  • Young, cis women seem to have been seduced by it the most.
    — Lexi Pandell, WIRED, 22 Mar. 2018
  • But Hiram isn't the only guy who Hermione seduces in the episode.
    — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 8 Nov. 2018
  • Rome seduces you, and warns you: ‘Being with me is tough.
    — Chiara Barzini, Vogue, 28 Nov. 2023
  • George's mother Mary (Moore) has urged her son to seduce the King to gain wealth and power in the British court.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
  • Part of the drama of the novel is the way David is at first seduced by these ideas and then discards them.
    — Constance Grady, Vox, 20 July 2024
  • Everything from the being seduced by the dark side to the power of two.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 18 July 2024
  • And then seduce Tom in the kitchen while he's blindfolded?
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Will the throng be seduced by the Marcoses’ glamour once more, or will the people rise against it?
    — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 21 July 2023
  • In one episode, Ben dances for Jen in a blend of trying to cheer her up and also seduce her a bit.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 22 Dec. 2020
  • But it’s being seduced by the wrong thing if the numbers are guiding you.
    — Vulture, 4 Oct. 2023
  • With Venus in Libra, we’ll be inclined to flirt, charm, and seduce.
    — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 9 Oct. 2017
  • Since Ra-el can’t take down LY group by force, her plan is to seduce and destroy Yoon-kyum.
    — Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 3 June 2022
  • Dornan, not seduced by the idea, asks Corden what's in the playroom.
    — Katie Kilkenny, Billboard, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Each drop of the rod puts slack in the line, which lets the Senko seduce bass with a horizontal fall and flutter.
    — John Merwin, Field & Stream, 22 May 2019
  • The best way to neutralize them is to ignore them...or seduce them.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Mi-nyeo tries to seduce and threaten herself into a team but ends up the odd man out, and the guards drag her away.
    — Quinci Legardye, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2021
  • This wine seduces with flavors of mango and pineapple, with a spritz of lime.
    — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The revival of the 1978 Bob Fosse revue is eager to seduce you.
    — Vulture, 19 Mar. 2023
  • How better to do that than have the kid be seduced by an older woman?
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2023
  • SHoP’s 111, however, works hard to seduce us all and to be a good New Yorker.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 7 June 2021
  • To trap the prince, the sorcerer sends his daughter Odile, disguised as Odette, to seduce him.
    — Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Tech firms should seek to disrupt finance, not be seduced by it.
    — The Economist, 28 Oct. 2017
  • In 1837, after his brother-in-law tried to seduce her, Pushkin would be killed in a duel.
    — The Economist, 4 June 2020
  • In one scene, Naomi seduces Jordan by walking into the room wearing nothing but stockings and shoes.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Fear seduces us into a place of complacency, inviting us to avoid what scares us in favor of dwelling in the comfort of our familiar beliefs.
    — Chrissy Carter, Outside Online, 30 Nov. 2024

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