as in to tempt
to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage
I wasn't going to buy the car, but was seduced by the low-interest payment plan
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Recent Examples of seduce
Consani grew up in the Bay Area and can pinpoint the exact moment the world of high fashion seduced her.
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Derek C. Blasberg, Vanity Fair, 19 Jan. 2026
Stroheim himself plays the villain, one Lieutenant Eric von Steuben, who meets a vacationing American woman at an Alpine resort and tries to seduce her under the nose of her neglectful husband.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026
Jeff meets Britta Perry (Gillian Jacobs) and, in an effort to seduce her, creates a fake study group and invites her to join.
—Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Jan. 2026
In the complaint, which was first filed in September in a North Carolina state court, plaintiff Heather Ammel accused Sinema of seducing her ex-husband Matthew Ammel, who began working for Sinema in April 2022 as part of her security detail.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 16 Jan. 2026
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Derek C. Blasberg, Vanity Fair, 19 Jan. 2026
Stroheim himself plays the villain, one Lieutenant Eric von Steuben, who meets a vacationing American woman at an Alpine resort and tries to seduce her under the nose of her neglectful husband.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026
Jeff meets Britta Perry (Gillian Jacobs) and, in an effort to seduce her, creates a fake study group and invites her to join.
—Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Jan. 2026
In the complaint, which was first filed in September in a North Carolina state court, plaintiff Heather Ammel accused Sinema of seducing her ex-husband Matthew Ammel, who began working for Sinema in April 2022 as part of her security detail.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 16 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seduce
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Leave room in your suitcase or car trunk, you'll be tempted to load up on bulk spices, global snacks, and sweets from the bakery after visiting.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
8 Feb. 2026
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With Venus reaching from your resourceful 2nd house to square Uranus in your playful 5th house, you may be tempted to challenge your budget.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
8 Feb. 2026
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The agency allegedly used Bank of America accounts to lure young women with fake modeling offers, while financial records suggest the bank was aware of these suspicious connections, according to plaintiff’s claims.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Feb. 2026
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On Thursday, Trantalis said Tunnel Top Plaza was in dire of need of a shade structure to lure more people to the area.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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But multiple Democratic senators said that's not enough to persuade them to back off their demands.—
Riley Beggin,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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Renato Renner of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich is not persuaded that resolving the conflict between the Copenhagen and many-worlds interpretations solves all the problems.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
13 Feb. 2026
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Eric Patrick, 31, pleaded guilty in an Orlando courtroom to attempting to entice a 15-year-old, whom Patrick and his husband, Richard Kowalczyk, met on Grindr, a dating app for gay men, according to Patrick’s plea agreement.—
Silas Morgan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 Feb. 2026
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Part of what makes Joomra Pillow Slippers enticing is their waterproof design.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2026
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