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The malignant Nurse conjures up a pack of monkeys, an octet of twirling black dresses, and a silver-painted dancer to seduce the Dyer’s Wife.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

A flurry of new schemes to launch Europe-based social networks faces a steep, rocky road to seduce users away from American and Asian giants in the sector.

From Barron's ● May 9, 2026

HBO had already spent a mint trying to seduce viewers with its glamorous vision of antiquity.

From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2025

I also have questions for you about conscious or unconscious bias: What actual evidence do you have that this woman is trying to seduce your father?

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 1, 2025

It is possible, too, that Holmes simply offered the attorney cash for the information, or deployed his false warmth and teary regret to seduce the attorney into revealing the group’s mounting consensus.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

When Sue Nyathi sent her debut novel The Polygamist to publishers, "they thought there was no market for the book" about a married Zimbabwean man and the women he seduces, she says.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Danielle Pinnock’s character, a Jamaican woman who is taken to America by a wizened older man she refers to as the “old raisin,” has a brassy boldness and bawdiness that also seduces the audience’s affections.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

"This is a collective success by the whole country that perfectly demonstrates Spain's enormous attractivity, because Spain is a country that seduces the world," he said.

From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026

If you are an owner, do not hire someone who seduces you with jargon like financial flexibility, hoards minor leaguers and confuses you into believing “prospect” is synonymous with “minor leaguer.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2024

It seduces the emotions and dulls the mind.

From Turning Point by Alfred Coppel

Top among them are the United States, where Americans on both coasts enjoy the cocktail hour staple -- but whose interior has yet to be seduced by the spritz.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

“Any fool can tell a lie,” she explained, “but the right method is to tell the truth in such a way that the intelligent reader is seduced into telling the lie for himself.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

Del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” starred a boyfriend from the Black Lagoon who seduced voters into awarding it best picture and best director in 2018.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026

Jamie Smith was batting nicely for his 26, resisting the bouncers of Marnus Labuschagne that seduced his awful shot in the first innings.

From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026

“Major Finch was the exception. He was not seduced by the myth of the Marine Corps.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

“May December” pivots on who is seducing or manipulating whom, which plays out through the final scene.

From Salon ● Dec. 1, 2023

Writer-director Brit McAdams’ debut feature takes the readily spoofable Bob Ross-ian allure of a honey-voiced, majestically permed instructor seducing viewers with his therapeutic landscapes, and gives it a gentle nudge into “Anchorman” territory.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2023

“Everyday Play: A Campaign Against Boredom” from London design press Redstone has lately been seducing customers from its place of pride by the front door.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2023

Khan has crafted a deliciously arrogant and poised public persona, forever seducing us with moments of self-disclosure followed by self-deprecating intellect and bitter sarcasm.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2022

The smell of barbecue sauce was seeping from the window upstairs, seducing the whole hood.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds