sex symbol

Definition of sex symbolnext

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sex symbol
Noun
  • The front-runner dropped the family-friendly persona and went full-on sexpot with his shirtless salsa.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
  • This is one of those romantic musical-chairs situations in which couples pair off and try to keep one another interested while other sexpots cycle through the house and try to split up the power pairs.
    Laura Bradley, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Liam Neeson puts on his best gravelly voice to play Jack Drebin, the son of Leslie Nielsen’s Frank; Pamela Anderson has fun as his femme fatale; and Danny Huston is the Musk-like villain.
    The Week UK, TheWeek, 4 Jan. 2026
  • In this passionate drama, Bardot consolidated her image as a femme fatale and rebellious woman.
    Bianca Novembre, Vanity Fair, 28 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Stoker’s Frankensteined creation was born from the history of the Anglo-literary vampire that begins with Polidori’s Ruthven, the first aristocratic, Byronesque and demonic seducer.
    Robert Eggers, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The filmmaker’s passion for foolhardy underdogs and train-wreck charmers electrifies this tale of a postwar striver (an unbelievable Timothée Chalamet) trying to make his name in table tennis.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst in 'Roofman' Chalk it up to poor marketing and a crowded opening weekend, but this gentle charmer has mostly vanished from the Oscar conversation, save for a supporting actress nod for Dunst from the Independent Spirit Awards.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 8 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Hamant attended a Huskies football game and sounded the siren at Husky Stadium two weeks before her death, per ESPN.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Like, the whole cockpit was lit up — lights, sirens.
    Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Sex symbol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sex%20symbol. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.

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