temptation
Example Sentences
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But we should eschew the temptation to treat Kirkmeyer like a reasonable person.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026
But "the temptation to declare vacancy will always be there," political scientist Fernando Tuesta told AFP.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
“The temptation is always to say, ‘Well, let’s just widen it out at the edges, just be a bit more generic and then we can almost appeal to anyone,’” Saunders said.
From MarketWatch • May 31, 2026
And yet the temptation to reply is understandable.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Perhaps, she prayed, the gods only spoke Chinese, never studied English, would not recognize temptation in another language. “...death, that this will be our secret no matter what.”
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
Vocabulary lists containing temptation
Bridge to Terabithia
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Brown Girl Dreaming
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A Long Way from Chicago
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