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Definition of "siren song" []

  • An enticing plea or appeal, especially one that is deceptively alluring. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "siren song" in a sentence
  • "She was Elena Morin’stal, and too many had already died in her name for her to give up her heritage to some siren song of power."
  • "Jury leaned back in Lasko's chair, and wondered what it was in his nature that kept him impervious to the siren song of some truly seductive women, but made him take a dive for another sort —"
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