tempter

Example Sentences

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In it, he draws parallels between Jack Nicholson’s character and the devil: “a tempter who draws people into his sphere of influence.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2023

Somebody was the tempter, the proactive initiator, and it wasn't the colleges.

From Salon • May 27, 2019

Many of his targets will forever rue the day they agreed to sit down with this shape-shifter, this tempter who brings out their worst side under the camera’s glare.

From Washington Times • Jul. 15, 2018

James Gilchrist, in superb voice, makes a wonderfully insidious tempter and a prissy, if dangerous Nebuchadnezzar.

From The Guardian • Jul. 7, 2013

“Oh, I think you know what I mean. Somewhere there is a tempter, a serpent, so to speak, and I had to keep them from meeting.”

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman