Word Finder - temptation

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The act of tempting

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The condition of being tempted.

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Something attractive, tempting or seductive; an inducement or enticement.

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Pressure applied to your thinking designed to create wrong emotions which will eventually lead to wrong actions.

I've been able to push temptation away.

She turned away from the temptation and went to her room.

As they now knew that they could find protection without looking to a superior, they had less temptation to give up their independence, and many of them settled in the towns where they could be safe and free.

His greatest temptation was the study of the literature of pagan Rome.

Being tempted was one thing, giving in to temptation was something else.

Sometimes that temptation can be stronger than the man - or woman.

No one is invulnerable to temptation, Damian.

So marked are these evils that such partial competition is avoided by agreements between the competing lines with regard to rates, and by divisions of traffic, or pools, which shall take away the temptation to violate such rate agreements.

She placed them in a chair, resisting all temptation to look at them until every child had received his gifts.

But he was under no temptation to commit suicide.

Well, yes I do, but I don't know why I gave in to temptation at a time like that.

For a few moments she resisted the temptation to surrender, but his embrace was electrifying and she found herself passionately returning his affection.

To the Labour party in that state are admitted only persons who have worked for their living at manual labour, and this qualification of being an actual worker is one that was strongly insisted upon at the formation of the party and strictly adhered to, although the temptation to break away from it and accept as candidates persons of superior education and position has been very great.

Philosophic assailants of Comtism have not always resisted the temptation to recall the circumstance that its founder was once out of his mind.

He struggled, resisting the temptation to go to Elisabeth's.

But for the sake of the independence of the Russian nation he resisted the temptation of taking this inviting but perilous short-cut to greatness.

Could Bordeaux resist temptation - and if not, would he expect forgiveness from her?

The service lasted just under an hour and consisted mostly of Reverend Humphries preaching against giving in to the devil's temptation for wicked bodily desires.

In view of the weakness of the king's government, to reduce the army would be to expose the excitable elements of the population to the temptation of attacking it.

Their temptation is easy to understand.

The temptation was made the more difficult to resist by the development of " future " dealings.

There shall be no more sin, no more temptation, no more suffering.

In view of the anticipated arrival of substantial reinforcements from England there was no great temptation to embark on offensives; and owing to the shortage of artillery ammunition, what there was of it had to be jealously husbanded, although the French divisions were not suffering from this disability so much as the British.

The temptation to use the larger part of any space allotted to the history of feudalism for a discussion of origins does not arise alone from greater interest in that phase of the subject.

To get away from the temptation and bring Cynthia up to date, he left the festive group of plunderers and joined his wife in their room.

Throughout, the Italian farmer sets a very high example in the loyal way he submits to regulations which there must be sometimes a strong temptation to break.

Only let everyone keep the thought that Satan also stands under the commission of the Almighty God, and that no one must suppose that by leading back his sins to a Satanic temptation he can get rid of his own guilt.

Arrival There are several positive steps you can take at the hotel which can remove unnecessary temptation.

I want your Holy Spirit to help me overcome temptation.

As a symbol of irresistible temptation, the apple is deeply convincing.

And he said, Tell me frankly what is your chief temptation?

She held herself as erect, told everyone her opinion as candidly, loudly, and bluntly as ever, and her whole bearing seemed a reproach to others for any weakness, passion, or temptation--the possibility of which she did not admit.

Avoid the temptation if you want to look your best on your big day.

Wicked's newest micro is the hot new temptation lace bikini.

The fertility of the land offered a temptation to invaders, and was thus the primary cause of the early migrations.

Like many early antiquarians, he couldn't resist the temptation to improve the ruins.

You may think yes but having cash around the place is temptation to visit the bookies.

However, there is still good reason to resist the temptation to routinely settle these claims.

We find it in avoiding every occasion of sin; in fleeing from temptation; and in quickly returning to God through sacramental confession.

Brian tells of his temptation to use the derailleur when we passed him, but being the English gentleman, he resisted.

I will resist the temptation to engage in a philosophical disquisition on what counts as news.

Back to map page 21/03/01 Morocco Red and Indigo food bar 02/02/01 Temptation's roof edging being fitted.

Thus there is always the temptation and possibility for the therapeutic relationship to become exploitative.

But whatever the case, the temptation as a British greenkeeper to stray from these shores is greater now than ever.

I can't lie to you, its such a temptation, to join the lemmings.

They point up the poverty of false metaphysics to rid us of the temptation of doing metaphysics this way.

Nunn stopped short of adding peroxide to Whishaw's hair, but the temptation must have been unbearable.

I propose to act bravely, but when even a small temptation comes I find myself in great straits.

I resisted the temptation to take a film camera backup ' just in case ' .

Of consequence, there are few that know how to sympathize with them that are under this sore temptation.