On this page you'll find 7 example sentences with Temptress. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as enchantress or siren and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Temptress meaning
- An alluring woman who seduces or exploits men.
- A woman considered sexually attractive by men.
Synonyms of Temptress
Using Temptress
- The main meaning on this page is: An alluring woman who seduces or exploits men. | A woman considered sexually attractive by men.
- Useful related words include: enchantress, siren, delilah, femme fatale.
- In the example corpus, temptress often appears in combinations such as: temptress is.
Context around Temptress
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 0 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Temptress
- In this selection, "temptress" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, nasty, party, wicked, mitt and led stand out and add context to how "temptress" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include by a temptress and accidentally and nasty nasty temptress. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "temptress" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with temptress
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He continued, "Surge is kind of a nasty, nasty temptress. (10 words)
The wicked temptress led him into temptation and then forced him to pay for it. (15 words)
While he’s at it, the president and his top aides should also woo Manchin’s Republican friend (and third-party temptress) Mitt Romney. (24 words)
Cypess, p. 7 Her reputation has been altered over the years according to changing social and political perspectives, especially after the Mexican Revolution, when she was portrayed in dramas, novels, and paintings as an evil or scheming temptress. (38 words)
Usually the temptress is the daughter or wife of a lord to whom the knight owes respect, and the knight is tested to see whether or not he will remain chaste in trying circumstances. (34 words)
However, in the Swedish ballad "Herr Peder och Dvärgens Dotter" (Swedish 'Sir Peder and the Dwarf's Daughter'), the role of supernatural temptress is played by a dwarf's daughter. (30 words)
Example sentences (7)
He continued, "Surge is kind of a nasty, nasty temptress.
While he’s at it, the president and his top aides should also woo Manchin’s Republican friend (and third-party temptress) Mitt Romney.
The wicked temptress led him into temptation and then forced him to pay for it.
Cypess, p. 7 Her reputation has been altered over the years according to changing social and political perspectives, especially after the Mexican Revolution, when she was portrayed in dramas, novels, and paintings as an evil or scheming temptress.
However, in the Swedish ballad "Herr Peder och Dvärgens Dotter" (Swedish 'Sir Peder and the Dwarf's Daughter'), the role of supernatural temptress is played by a dwarf's daughter.
Usually the temptress is the daughter or wife of a lord to whom the knight owes respect, and the knight is tested to see whether or not he will remain chaste in trying circumstances.
When he is seduced by a temptress and accidentally murders a man, she visits him in his cell on the night before his execution, pretending to be his fiancée.
Common combinations with temptress
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- temptress is 2×