femme
Example Sentences
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The director, best known for his muscular action thrillers “La Femme Nikita” and “Léon: The Professional,” is often given to extravagantly silly filmmaking: “The Fifth Element,” “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.”
While many international productions of “Carmen” have historically minimized Spain by centering its titular femme fatale, Hindoyan said this version puts the Mediterranean country back in the picture.
From Los Angeles Times
But facts were easily eclipsed by lurid speculation, particularly when Short’s nickname was made public: The Black Dahlia was, after all, the perfect moniker for a femme fatale.
Will you be surprised to learn he carries with him a dark secret, or that his estranged wife, as opposed to the radiant daughter of the boat’s skipper, is one doozy of a femme fatale?
“Sometimes I can be this femme fatale, sometimes I can be super sporty, sometimes I can pop up to Paige on set and be super goth and she’s like ‘What are you wearing?’ and I’m just like, ‘Oh, please.’
From Los Angeles Times
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