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siren call

NOUN
  1. the enticing appeal of something alluring but potentially dangerous
    he succumbed to the siren call of the wilderness

How To Use siren call In A Sentence

  • The recent U.S. ranking by the World Economic Forum of 48th out of 133 developed or developing nations in quality of math and science instruction is a siren call. Jacqueline Edelberg: Political Will
  • In San Francisco, Silicon Valley's siren call has lured restaurant employees to dot.coms that pay more than the $7-8 an hour earned by the average kitchen crew.
  • Deep down, he'd known the siren call of what he did best might rise again to waken him from the slumberous existence he'd chosen. THE LAST TEMPTATION
  • Answering the siren call of Egypt once more, Amelia Peabody and her family arrive at their home in Luxor to learn of a new royal tomb ransacked by thieves. The Golden One: Summary and book reviews of The Golden One by Elizabeth Peters.
  • Still, the siren call of those caterpillars is persistent. Brian Ruckley · The Short Stuff
  • But regardless of that fact, these are the PS3 exclusives whose siren calls beckon me to my doom: GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features
  • Sugar's siren call can even block out pain - pediatricians have shown that newborns who have injections or blood drawn don't mind the needle as much when also given a sugar-coated pacifier to suck.
  • Deep down, he'd known the siren call of what he did best might rise again to waken him from the slumberous existence he'd chosen. THE LAST TEMPTATION
  • Too often, doomsters predicting a market crash or siren calls to ‘hot’ investment areas elsewhere rattle the emotions and ruin the plan.
  • European leaders therefore worried that the United States might at some point be tempted again by the siren call of isolationism.
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