sex symbol

Example Sentences

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Because he was America’s first modern Black male sex symbol, he both frightened and entranced White America.

From Washington Post

An earlier era might have dubbed Caplan a thinking man’s sex symbol.

From New York Times

During the press tours for these films, Majors won fans over with his vulnerable take on masculinity, while still presenting as a sex symbol with magazine cover shoots for outlets including Men’s Health and Ebony.

From Los Angeles Times

"The entirety of my life, it was, 'She's a pretty face. She's a sex symbol,''' Shields says in the series. "Over and over and over and over and over.

From Salon

But, according to her Los Angeles Times obituary, Welch had a complicated relationship with her persona and was forever determined to prove that she was more than a sex symbol.

From Los Angeles Times