temptation

Example Sentences

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The signal-blocking pouch removes the "temptation" for students, he says, allowing them to be "absolutely focused on learning", as well as "face-to-face contact and social interaction".

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

There’s a temptation for climate-obsessed EU officials to do the same.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

While 13 American service members have died in the war so far, there is a temptation to believe that our troops will be mostly spared.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2026

Trustees often oversee a lot of money, and temptation is sometimes hard to resist.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026

If this cave is still open, with the machines and lights, the carpets and running water still here, there will be a terrible temptation to give up and move back to the soft life.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien