temptress
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And in an era where women were forced into gendered stereotypes – housewife, temptress, fallen woman, mixed-up girl – she satirised and sent up those roles, playing them to the hilt while emphasising her strength.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Before D’Angelo’s encore, a glowing account of the Dvorak chestnut “Songs My Mother Taught Me,” she closed the written program with Clara Schumann’s “Lorelei,” about that folkloric temptress.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2022
Demetriou’s vacillation between annoyed den mother and over-the-top temptress provides a wonderful balance to Berry’s consistently melodramatic Lazlo, who takes bestial form by bellowing out, “baaaaAAAAT” even though this is obviously a highly unnecessary flourish..
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2019
Fortunately, the hovering red Pokémon figure isn’t actually in the book store, but I still feel like an idiot standing outside peering through the phone’s camera with no idea how to capture the virtual temptress.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 15, 2016
“And now, Harry, let us step out into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
Late in 2021, Wallen was featured on a hip-hop single by the rapper Lil Durk, “Broadway Girls,” singing about the temptresses of Nashville’s Lower Broadway honky-tonks.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2023
Through their story, Miller and Wheeler aim to re-shape the legend of King Arthur by placing women in positions of power as opposed to relegating them to mere objects of desire or sinister temptresses.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2020
Danielle Darrieux, a luminous beauty of French cinema whose portrayals of wistful ingenues, romantic temptresses and tragic adulteresses spanned more than eight decades, died Oct.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 19, 2017
Of all the temptresses in Dark Shadows, Green most acutely understands how to play for both humor and horror.
From Time ● May 10, 2012
They shed many tears of anguish over the faithlessness of husbands; tears of hatred over the viciousness of temptresses.
From The Man from Brodney's by George Barr McCutcheon
