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  • But despite his illiteracy, or maybe because of it, Hassan was drawn to the mystery of words, seduced by a secret world forbidden to him.†   (source)
  • For who so firm that cannot be seduced?†   (source)
  • However, like all dangerous deceptions, the lies that clappers tell themselves wear seductive disguises.†   (source)
  • Like not a few of those seduced by the wild, McCandless seems to have been driven by a variety of lust that supplanted sexual desire.†   (source)
  • People sat at their tables watching her and listening to her, and having opinions about her — free to like or dislike her, to be seduced by her or not, to approve or disapprove of her performance, of her dress, of her bottom.†   (source)
  • It would be much later before he'd realize they'd seduced themselves that night—seduced themselves into believing they understood all the costs and consequences of what they wanted.†   (source)
  • I'm just getting to the good stuff (Cressida must seduce Nigel to gain access to the spy codes!)†   (source)
  • "You going to give me that treat fully clothed?" she laughed, smiling seductively.†   (source)
  • Rather, it leaves them at such a loss that they end up exposed to the influence of the merest whim, to the seduction of the rash or reckless act—almost as if they had never considered the matter at all.†   (source)
  • It was a seductive ego stroke.†   (source)
  • I had begun stroking his back, in a rare attempt at seduction, and he had murmured that he was really too tired, his hand flicking as if he were swatting me away.†   (source)
  • She seduced everyone with how clever she was.†   (source)
  • He had been arrested for possession of drugs and obstruction of justice; he had been involved in "the homosexual scene" ever since he was seduced by a high school teacher.†   (source)
  • And if I somehow was drawn, there would still be thirty-four other girls there, no doubt much better at seduction than I could ever pretend to be.†   (source)
  • The rich heat, the taste of berries on the tongue, the easy talk, and the prospect of spending money on soda pop, firecrackers, fishing lures, and makeup all seduced them toward Mr. Nitta's.†   (source)
  • Their failure to care wasn't just appealing, but seductive.†   (source)
  • It was louder than she'd expected, louder than the questions or the bell, and yet it was seductive, thrilling.†   (source)
  • The pipe bowl, like some predator, or seducer, drew down the flame.†   (source)
  • They pulled over to the side of the road and smoked a joint with him, then the husband took over the driving, and the wife took him in the back, where the dog and cats were sleeping, and seduced him.†   (source)
  • He smiled, in a way that he hoped was sort of seductive.†   (source)
  • They chose the one nearest a gold-colored cauldron that was emitting one of the most seductive scents Harry had ever inhaled: Somehow it reminded him simultaneously of treacle tart, the woody smell of a broomstick handle, and something flowery he thought he might have smelled at the Burrow.†   (source)
  • AND SHE WAS SEDUCED, OVER AND OVER AGAIN—SHE GOT FOOLED, SHE WAS TRICKED, SHE GOT USED, SHE WAS USED UP.†   (source)
  • The owner was a conspicuously charming man, but his wasn't the voice that had seduced me weeks ago.†   (source)
  • Before them, the nobility strutted across the floor of the court, gossiping, scheming, seducing.†   (source)
  • "Hey, Holder," she says seductively toward him, flashing her full-lipped smile.†   (source)
  • So instead you tried to seduce me with food and fun and girls while keeping all the bad things a secret?†   (source)
  • "He offered me sugar and wanted to know all my secrets," I say in my best seductive voice.†   (source)
  • All of it connects together, the tale of the Red devil who seduced a prince, who made him kill a king.†   (source)
  • You have to fight, Reynie told himself, and with great effort he tore his eyes from the seductive machine to look at Mr. Curtain.†   (source)
  • From the pig-run came the quick, hard patter of hoofs, a castanet sound, seductive, maddening—the promise of meat.†   (source)
  • At first Baby Kochamma tried to seduce Father Mulligan with weekly exhibitions of staged charity.†   (source)
  • The wall defied the imagination—seduced it and defeated it.†   (source)
  • Or maybe she just hated the idea of Eleanor, of a girl seducing her firstborn son right in her own living room.†   (source)
  • SCORPIUS: And you've got time—a lot of time—to seduce her.†   (source)
  • There was a great, seductive loneliness in the hum, a summons almost, like the call of the sea, and for the first time I understood the impulse that had driven my dad to cash out his bank account, pick up his shirts from the cleaners, gas up the car, and leave town without a word.†   (source)
  • Though I knew the history behind his and my father's rise to power, the dream he had painted for me was too compelling, too seductive to ignore.†   (source)
  • Her mother had died giving birth to this second child, and her father, an artist of modest reputation in the Blount area, was seduced by beer, whiskey, rum or rye or whatever balm came in bottles.†   (source)
  • Sarayu was quick to reply, "Don't confuse adaptation for intention, or seduction for reality."†   (source)
  • When it comes to sleepwear, Jenny is squarely in the baggy T-shirt camp, and I could tell she felt silly in this seductive getup.†   (source)
  • In my confused and credulous state, the sight of the man in the demon mask startled me into wakefulness, the seductive warmth I had felt a moment ago vanished, leaving my body limp and leaden.†   (source)
  • But one thing was certain: if Hatsumomo ever understood my feelings for him, she might very well try to seduce him, if for no other reason than to cause me pain.†   (source)
  • This regime is seductive.†   (source)
  • Don't be afraid," he murmured, his velvet voice unintentionally seductive.†   (source)
  • But Maxine is immune to their awkwardness, drawing them out, devoting her attention to them fully, and Gogol is reminded of the first time he'd met her, when she'd seduced him in the same way.†   (source)
  • Body shame and unwholesome lust, seduction, temptation, danger, among other ills.†   (source)
  • Dr. Prchal's first attempt to "seduce" him into treatment is a bust.†   (source)
  • Immediately Holmes deployed his tools of seduction, his soothing voice and touch and frank blue gaze.†   (source)
  • Whenever I go into a house, I will go for the benefit of the sick and will abstain from every voluntary act of mischief and corruption, and further, from the seduction of females or males, whether freemen or slaves.†   (source)
  • Then he would take her out into the street and they would wave to me beneath the window, off to share what they shared: the hunt, the seduction, the kill.†   (source)
  • I waited and waited, and still no charge; instead, we heard more about Kamal, the trusted mental health professional who listened to Megan's secrets and troubles, who gained her trust and then abused it, who seduced her and then, who knows what?†   (source)
  • America, Ryan smiled, could be pretty seductive to someone used to the gray life in the Soviet Union.†   (source)
  • Bye," I said, walking around the front of the car, wondering if I'd ever see him again or if he just cruised the county, seducing cheerleaders on some eternal quest, obsessed with letter sweaters and pompoms.†   (source)
  • Mao spoke for no more than half an hour, his familiar voice seducing us through the many loudspeakers placed around the Square.†   (source)
  • Enki disguises himself as the gardener and goes to Uttu and seduces her.†   (source)
  • But Maugham first seduced him and then made him a child again, and that was wonderful.†   (source)
  • He leaned over his sister with the same rage he would have felt if she were his wife's seducer.†   (source)
  • What I felt with Gau was that I was being seduced, not in the sexual sense, of course, but in a global way, that our conversation was being conducted on his terms, not mine.†   (source)
  • He tried to seduce her with all kinds of flattery.†   (source)
  • When I seduced you last winter it was an idiotic, impulsive act.†   (source)
  • You don't anticipate difficulty seducing him, my little brood-mother?†   (source)
  • Long, lean muscles down his arms, broad but relaxed shoulders, and a smile that was part playful, part seductive.†   (source)
  • Not that it was an appropriate time to be acting all smooth and seductive or whatever, but surely something deeper was required here?†   (source)
  • Paul's arm was small and the cast grew steadily, white as a bleached shell, as bright and seductive as a sheet of paper.†   (source)
  • The best talk is seductive.†   (source)
  • It grosses me out, like he thinks he can seduce me with fresh breath.†   (source)
  • She smiled before finally eyeing him with an almost seductive look.†   (source)
  • And there was Bree, smiling seductively, and I swear that poster boy lifeguard smiled right back.†   (source)
  • With the same agony, or greater, with which he attempted to seduce a woman, he was trying to seduce his people: he begged them to surrender up to him their privacy.†   (source)
  • She touched her hair and wiggled her body slightly —seductively.†   (source)
  • The blade caught the dim light and glittered seductively.†   (source)
  • There's a seduction in that for others.†   (source)
  • It was one of a legion of buses, trains, and rusting automobiles that carried the dark children of the South toward the seductive call of wartime jobs and freedom in urban areas above the Mason-Dixon.†   (source)
  • Seducing pubescent girls, as he had done "eight or nine" times in the last several years, did not disprove it, for if the truth were known, most real men had the same desires he had.†   (source)
  • She had already been seduced.†   (source)
  • The movie, a Martin Lawrence vehicle called A Thin Line Between Love and Hate, is the story of how Martin, a womanizing, hip-hop brother, manages to seduce the wealthy, corporate executive (Lynn Whitfield), then betrays her and feels her titanic wrath.†   (source)
  • It was seductive, his vision: a world full of Shadow-hunters, where demons ran scared and mundanes, instead of believing we didn't exist, thanked us for what we did for them.†   (source)
  • Rest was seductive, made more so by his tendency to improve the situation through imagination.†   (source)
  • They were usually manageable and frequently seductive.†   (source)
  • And of course her voice was deep and slightly scratchy like every seductive villainess ever conceived by Hollywood.†   (source)
  • It's not like I plan on seducing him.†   (source)
  • By giving him the unexpected freedom of a man living on his own, she provided him with a halo of seductiveness.†   (source)
  • We raised our chins and looked straight at the seductive patch of blue.†   (source)
  • It was more profound than other sentiments I'd known, and I was taken with the idea that in an ostensibly godless world that worshiped money and power or, more seductively, a sense of personal efficacy and advancement, like at Duke and Harvard, there was still a place to look for God, and that was in the suffering of the poor.†   (source)
  • With no one able to monitor his behavior, Gyges proceeded to do woeful things—seduce the queen, murder the king, and so on.†   (source)
  • 'Oh, I am a very moral man,' the villainous old man assured him with satiric seriousness, stroking the bare hip of a buxom black-haired girl with pretty dimples who had stretched herself out seductively on the other arm of his chair.†   (source)
  • I am afraid it will numb me and warm me and soothe me and ultimately seduce me.†   (source)
  • Hester Deale, is this the witch who seduced you?†   (source)
  • Of course, indifference can be tempting — more than that, seductive.†   (source)
  • Perhaps she had lingered in Qarth too long, seduced by its comforts and its beauties.†   (source)
  • • I ordered another drink, half-certain that Nora was making the entire thing up and that this was the most harebrained seduction attempt ever.†   (source)
  • This one was a knockout—beautiful dark skin with a touch of cream, hazel eyes that penetrated to the core, high African cheekbones, perfect teeth that revealed an easy, seductive smile.†   (source)
  • The evidence is before me: a young man with difficult questions, hasty notes on summoning, and the seductive promise of a Spirit Perilous who knows many secrets and is bound to speak the truth.†   (source)
  • She is blessed with lips that are full and red, contrasting seductively with her smooth olive skin.†   (source)
  • I am also far from being a seductress.†   (source)
  • Taking the floor in protest, Adams called Sullivan a decoy duck sent to seduce Congress into renunciation of independence.†   (source)
  • Seductively, that is how she does it.†   (source)
  • Every eye was undoubtedly fixed on her seductive approach.†   (source)
  • Either to impress her or seduce her, or maybe I brought her here to prove to myself I was someone worth loving.†   (source)
  • And he asked me directly, 'Have you ever seen this infidel drink alcohol, or try to seduce Muslim ladies?'†   (source)
  • It's impossible to imagine her as a typical Illustrian girl, angling for a good match, attending fetes and allowing herself to be seduced by fittingly highborn men.†   (source)
  • I'm not going to let you die for some Walden trash who seduces Phoenix girls and then abandons them.†   (source)
  • This Texas talk is so seductive that outsiders who move here can't help picking up the twang.†   (source)
  • And proceeded to read on into chapter seven, which details the seduction of a young man by a "strange woman.†   (source)
  • She moves with a seductive grace, the way I have seen cobras dance for their masters: compliant yet able to strike at a moment's notice.†   (source)
  • It was a beautiful female voice, soft and seductive.†   (source)
  • She had tried seduction within minutes after they were alone together.†   (source)
  • It was time to bid farewell to the Pennsylvania community that had all but been seduced by the boys' noble humility.†   (source)
  • Alessandro peered at the deeply seductive blue, closed his eyes, and saw a huge white wave sparkling in the sun.†   (source)
  • She thought about seducing him—if she could force herself to do it.†   (source)
  • I gave them the chance to boast to their friends and to see themselves in the scandal sheets in the roles of great seductresses.†   (source)
  • She had been seduced, cynically and deliberately, by the man who should have been protecting her.†   (source)
  • Please don't kill me," he pleaded, holding the sparkling stone out by its chain and letting it dance seductively.†   (source)
  • With long tan legs and deep cleavage and tight round rumps, maybe they were also meant to engage Joe's interest and seduce him into conversation with them.†   (source)
  • One Jack killed the boy guard in Cyprus, another Jack seduced Mrs. Ochoa-Perez, and so on.†   (source)
  • Here the gramophone accompanied a seduction or an arousal, it spoke of meadows and "little Spanish towns" or "a small hotel," a "blue room."†   (source)
  • The Mexicans stood up; the tall one put his cap on slowly and pulled it to one side of his head seductively.†   (source)
  • She struggled to submit to them, only to be seduced.†   (source)
  • If Erlene had been a younger woman and hadn't been so devoted to Gus, she might have thought seriously about trying to seduce Mr. Dillard.†   (source)
  • This is a specious and seducing argument.†   (source)
  • At the time it had seemed seductive, but on second thought he supposed it could be read as merely childish.†   (source)
  • The plan is not to seduce you.†   (source)
  • And most seductions, even those conducted by trained intelligence officers, involve a mutual unburdening of the soul.†   (source)
  • If only Napoleon were only a vain posturer with a gift for seducing the loyalty of his betters.†   (source)
  • The smell of chicken fried steaks and homemade pies seduced me inside.†   (source)
  • PLAYER: You're wrong-they do: Murder, seduction and incest —what do you want jokes?†   (source)
  • You can be moved profoundly by other vistas, by other oceans, by soaring mountain ranges, but you cannot be seduced.†   (source)
  • Either he made up the whole thing, Oedipa thought suddenly, or he bribed the engineer over at the local station to run this, it's all part of a plot, an elaborate, seduction, plot, O Metzger.†   (source)
  • Although there is not, as far as I am aware, any canine or lupine blood in my veins, the seductive quality of Kooa's siren song was enough to set me thinking longingly of other days and other joys.†   (source)
  • They weren't afraid of him any more, for he did not seduce their wives or lure them out of sweet mediocrity.†   (source)
  • I found the privacy itself seduction enough, but there was also a bidet, which lent a risque note and, electrically, unconscionably stirred my expectations.†   (source)
  • He'd thought all that out long ago—it might as well have been centuries—and he knew he was not going down to the refrigerator, however seductive the images coming unbidden into his head.†   (source)
  • To people like us it's very seductive.†   (source)
  • But his enemies and disbelievers said, this Gotama was a vain seducer, he would spent his days in luxury, scorned the offerings, was without learning, and knew neither exercises nor self-castigation.†   (source)
  • Isn't my old fool enough for you without your having to make eyes at a babe in arms, to seduce a minor?†   (source)
  • I had been uneasily aware of my face cactus while I was debating whether or not to attempt criminal assault, and that unease had helped to stop me—Gillette, Aqua Velva, Burma Shave, et al., have made the browbeaten American male, namely me, timid about attempting seduction and/or rape unless freshly planed off.†   (source)
  • During the night she had imagined that she seduced him.†   (source)
  • They advance politically only as they placate, appease, bribe, seduce, bamboozle, or otherwise manage to manipulate the demanding and threatening elements in their constituencies.†   (source)
  • To Reich she was the epitome of the modern career girl—the virgin seductress.†   (source)
  • "I had plenty of ideas," I muttered, still embarrassed at my attempt to seduce him.†   (source)
  • King Clarkson drifted over to Celeste, and she gave him a seductive smile.†   (source)
  • I didn't have the faintest idea how to be seductive.†   (source)
  • "I've just never geeven one," she answered, her little voice dripping with seductiveness.†   (source)
  • But the seduction is merely a prelude to the feast.†   (source)
  • "Want a sugar cube?" he asks in his old seductive voice.†   (source)
  • They remain, I suspect, a redoubtable seduction tool.†   (source)
  • It is easier, and more seductive, to leave those doors closed.†   (source)
  • I'm not talking about seducing the Minister; I'm talking about betraying Nobu's trust.†   (source)
  • If that's what you believe, you're just another girl he's seduced to get what he wants.†   (source)
  • This is not about seduction, he has to see that.†   (source)
  • What did not surprise was Maman's effortless and thorough seduction of Julien.†   (source)
  • She peered seductively over her shoulder at me.†   (source)
  • "Rise and shine," the clock says in a seductive female voice.†   (source)
  • If I didn't know better I'd think you were trying to seduce me.†   (source)
  • And to seduce him into giving it a try I now have the perfect bait.†   (source)
  • So, then we've been seduced into this preoccupation with authority?†   (source)
  • It was only after seeing Irwin's study that I decided to seduce him.†   (source)
  • "For Bernie," she writes, "there seems to be something seductive about the setting.†   (source)
  • He failed at seduction, but was himself successfully seduced—by the fair.†   (source)
  • It was said that its pages were filled with a seductive interest in logic.†   (source)
  • The name alone, when she'd first learned it, had been enough to seduce her.†   (source)
  • As for seducing you, what you've seen is how we live.†   (source)
  • Are you trying to seduce me away from my virtue by teaching me how to defend it?†   (source)
  • "No," Edward crooned, his voice seductive.†   (source)
  • One of them even sports a yellow hat with a brim that slopes seductively over a long-lashed eye.†   (source)
  • He gestured to her, intimately, seductively, 'Come sit beside him.†   (source)
  • Evil has had to do with sex since the serpent seduced Eve.†   (source)
  • We people of Swat were first seduced by the Taliban, then killed by them and now blamed for them.†   (source)
  • Finnick commands in such a powerful voice, so different from his usual seductive purr, that I do.†   (source)
  • She was sent to prison in England but escaped, with the help of a guard who she apparently seduced.†   (source)
  • She wishes to be seduced, overwhelmed, taken against her will.†   (source)
  • She was the one who had seduced him, not vice versa.†   (source)
  • We can put pillows between us and I promise not to seduce you since you're drunk.†   (source)
  • There were several girls in seductive reds and lively greens, but no one else in blue.†   (source)
  • So you seduced your all-too-willing husband.†   (source)
  • Clara was neither affectionate nor seductive with me.†   (source)
  • If you're worried I have some devious secret plan to seduce you, you can just pull my plug out.†   (source)
  • He seduced your name right out of me, after all.†   (source)
  • He had blown in with the soft breezes of a wider world, and it was weirdly seductive.†   (source)
  • If evenings at the fair were seductive, the nights were ravishing.†   (source)
  • Perfect for seducing young nobles' daughters.†   (source)
  • But perhaps some of them wanted, despite themselves, to be seduced.†   (source)
  • As the words slip seductively off his tongue, warm and honeyed, I can almost believe them.†   (source)
  • I have never seduced a soul with a jitterbug.†   (source)
  • To Jaime, her vulnerability was more seductive than anything that had attracted him before.†   (source)
  • She was beautiful, seductively beautiful in a streetwise way.†   (source)
  • I don't mean the act of seducing the Minister; I knew perfectly well I could do that.†   (source)
  • Of course, somebody had seduced Buddy, Buddy hadn't started it and it wasn't really his fault.†   (source)
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