as in siren
a woman whom men find irresistibly attractive
Greta Garbo, one of the most famous temptresses ever to appear on screen, died in 1990
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On television in the 1960s, Rowlands played the deaf-mute wife of a detective in the NBC series 87th Precinct and was the temptress Adrienne Van Leyden on ABC’s Peyton Place.
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Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
The ambitious temptress is remade and in the process defanged.
—Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2024
This squinty vantage on Southern California, as a temptress who dashes hopes, also was evident in his script for Tequila Sunrise (1988), which starred Mel Gibson as a retired drug dealer, Kurt Russell as a cop and Michelle Pfeiffer as the femme fatale.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
The plot is very old-school Conan Doyle, with scoundrels in sideburns and evil temptresses in gaudy frilly outfits.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Feb. 2024
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Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
The ambitious temptress is remade and in the process defanged.
—Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2024
This squinty vantage on Southern California, as a temptress who dashes hopes, also was evident in his script for Tequila Sunrise (1988), which starred Mel Gibson as a retired drug dealer, Kurt Russell as a cop and Michelle Pfeiffer as the femme fatale.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
The plot is very old-school Conan Doyle, with scoundrels in sideburns and evil temptresses in gaudy frilly outfits.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Feb. 2024
See all Example Sentences for temptress
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