as in sirens
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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sirens
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Tornado sirens and weather alerts send us to shelter in our bathtub from spring into summer, when hurricane season begins and then runs into fall.—
Erin Austen Abbott,
The Atlantic,
1 Feb. 2026 -
Druzhyna drove his wife and daughter west, past sirens and explosions, toward the border with Poland.—
Natalie Yahr,
jsonline.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Temptresses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temptresses. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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