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Definition of Siren call
1. Noun. The enticing appeal of something alluring but potentially dangerous. "He succumbed to the siren call of the wilderness"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Siren Call
Literary usage of Siren call
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Island Song Lyrics by Larry W. Jones (2003)
"siren call (08/22/2002) (#176) I hear the sound of thunder crashing On the reef
outside the bay It's the siren call of distant oceans Calling me again to ..."
2. Moon-o-theism: Religion of a War and Moon God Prophet, Volume II of II by Yoel Natan (2006)
"That is when the siren call of the moon no longer incites Muslims to violence.
To end the deafening silence and to keep the siren call of violence going day ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1909)
"From hondón dock the siren's call- lug. "Come to the seas, to the desert come!"
And I lie enchained in a London room— And the rain is falling, falling. ..."
4. A Manual of Telephony by William Henry Preece, Arthur James Stubbs (1893)
"1 pi ace of the reed-call with which this instrument was originally provided a
magneto " siren-call " hns recently been devised. This is shown in fig. 15. ..."
5. My Year of the Great War by Frederick Palmer (1915)
"Later, when we were walking along a paved road, I heard what seemed the siren
call of another nine- inch. Once, in another war, I had been on a paved road ..."
6. My Year of the Great War by Frederick Palmer (1915)
"Later, when we were walking along a paved road, I heard what seemed the siren
call of another nine- inch. Once, in another war, I had been on a paved road ..."
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