as in tempted
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 seduced
Pine seduced Roper away from Corky [Roper’s fixer, played by Tom Hollander, who was killed off in season one].
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Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
Since the dawn of time, the romance of railways has seduced poets, spellbound novelists, and dealt directors the perfect hand for capturing fleeting friendships, illicit affairs, and all manner of crimes and capers.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026
Then, the spectacle in Paris seduced the world once more as only the Olympic Games and the City of Light could, as events unfolded beneath an Eiffel Tower that went twinkle-twinkle every night.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2026
Consani grew up in the Bay Area and can pinpoint the exact moment the world of high fashion seduced her.
—Derek C. Blasberg, Vanity Fair, 19 Jan. 2026
Cohen asked Anderson, referencing reports that Furlan, who married Lee in 2019, was seduced online by a catfish posing as a different musician, per PEOPLE.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Jan. 2026
Released in 1994, Sátántangó (based on László Krasznahorka’s novel) chronicled an impoverished Hungarian village that becomes seduced by a would-be prophet who has seemingly come back from the dead.
—Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2026
This year, we were seduced by silver trays and a new take on the TV-dinner table.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 26 Dec. 2025
Both Oregon’s Dante Moore and Alabama’s Ty Simpson still require seasoning, but could easily be seduced by the siren song of potentially being a top-5 pick in April.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Dec. 2025
Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
Since the dawn of time, the romance of railways has seduced poets, spellbound novelists, and dealt directors the perfect hand for capturing fleeting friendships, illicit affairs, and all manner of crimes and capers.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026
Then, the spectacle in Paris seduced the world once more as only the Olympic Games and the City of Light could, as events unfolded beneath an Eiffel Tower that went twinkle-twinkle every night.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2026
Consani grew up in the Bay Area and can pinpoint the exact moment the world of high fashion seduced her.
—Derek C. Blasberg, Vanity Fair, 19 Jan. 2026
Cohen asked Anderson, referencing reports that Furlan, who married Lee in 2019, was seduced online by a catfish posing as a different musician, per PEOPLE.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Jan. 2026
Released in 1994, Sátántangó (based on László Krasznahorka’s novel) chronicled an impoverished Hungarian village that becomes seduced by a would-be prophet who has seemingly come back from the dead.
—Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2026
This year, we were seduced by silver trays and a new take on the TV-dinner table.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 26 Dec. 2025
Both Oregon’s Dante Moore and Alabama’s Ty Simpson still require seasoning, but could easily be seduced by the siren song of potentially being a top-5 pick in April.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seduced
Verb
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Popular LLMs lean left, and as the technology reaches more classrooms, companies, regulators, and legislators will be tempted to entrench that bias.—
Jonah Davids,
Washington Post,
3 Feb. 2026
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Lies feeling personally victimized yet weirdly tempted to rewatch the mess all over again!—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
3 Feb. 2026
Verb
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As the minutes tick away to the campaign deadline, however, chatter has grown that he could be lured back into the race.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Feb. 2026
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Current and former gang members have long come to Homeboy Industries to get their lives back on track, in part lured by their trust in Father Greg Boyle, a Jesuit priest who founded the nonprofit nearly 40 years ago.—
Andrew Khouri,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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Stephanie Martin, a breakfast station cook at the Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center, was persuaded to participate by Brian Reese, the resort’s sous chef and last year’s people’s choice winner.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
6 Feb. 2026
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Authoritative, sonorous and compelling, his is the voice that persuaded millions that the Martians had landed in Grover’s Mills, New Jersey in The War of the Worlds.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
Verb
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While the Super Bowl ad is for Cadillac F1, Apple is poised to be just as big a beneficiary, if viewers are enticed to check it out.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Feb. 2026
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That was the appetizer, as a year later, in 2022, Pitaro enticed Joe Buck and Troy Aikman from Fox — arguably the top NFL combo on air — on a pair of five-year deals for $75 million and $90 million, respectively.—
Andrew Marchand,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
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