siren song
Example Sentences
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But succumbing to the siren song of salt, I left my packed lunch at home to give it a whirl and find out what regularly eating too much salt is doing to our health.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
But "we mustn't give in to this siren song," warned Bernard Jullien, an automotive industry specialist at the University of Bordeaux.
From Barron's ● May 8, 2026
Even as Chinatown’s energy has ebbed and flowed, food has been a steady siren song.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025
Washington, having spurned a crown himself, recognized the siren song that could bewitch even ostensibly democratic leaders, particularly in polities where checks on power are easily subverted.
From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2025
It is a car horn, honking, sounding some kind of terrible siren song through the streets of Evanston, a howling warning of doom.
From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan
