as in siren
a woman whom men find irresistibly attractive
an actress who was often cast as cynical, sexy femmes fatales
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Director Anna Biller expertly pairs female fantasy with the trope of the
femme fatale.
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Brooke Knisley, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2025
Soon, a slinking femme fatale named Silver enters the scene, looking to rent out a room and perhaps purchase the venue, something that P-Sam is also discussing.
—Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 14 Feb. 2025
Within a decade of Mahler’s death, Mahler-Werfel had acquired a reputation as a femme fatale, a sort of intellectual dominatrix.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Alice, Lost Highway Playing double duty as both Renee Madison and Alice Wakefield in 1997’s head-spinning Lost Highway, Patricia Arquette delivers a killer performance of another Lynch femme fatale with a twist.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 17 Jan. 2025
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Brooke Knisley, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2025
Soon, a slinking femme fatale named Silver enters the scene, looking to rent out a room and perhaps purchase the venue, something that P-Sam is also discussing.
—Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 14 Feb. 2025
Within a decade of Mahler’s death, Mahler-Werfel had acquired a reputation as a femme fatale, a sort of intellectual dominatrix.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Alice, Lost Highway Playing double duty as both Renee Madison and Alice Wakefield in 1997’s head-spinning Lost Highway, Patricia Arquette delivers a killer performance of another Lynch femme fatale with a twist.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 17 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for femme fatale
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“Femme fatale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/femme%20fatale. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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