Word Finder - tempted

definition

To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice.

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She tempted me to eat the apple.

definition

To attract; to allure.

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Its glossy skin tempted me.

definition

To provoke something; to court.

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It would be tempting fate.

For a moment she was tempted to tell Darcie.

Everybody is tempted now and then, Cassie.

Aren't you ever tempted to spend the night with him?

Ah, how low I fall when I am tempted by them!

I am tempted to reply to such--This whole earth which we inhabit is but a point in space.

He almost felt relief, knowing he couldn't ever be tempted to read her mind again.

Their independence tempted, their prosperity stimulated.

One day, almost overcome with scruples, he was tempted to end his miseries by suicide.

For the same purpose of connexion he would be tempted to add a preface to a book like the Meteorologica.

We can all be tempted.

She pulled up Dr. Wynn's office number on her cell, tempted to invite him to the beach this weekend instead of Logan.

When the summit is reached, the traveller is tempted to ask, Where are the mountains?

In Scott's early days a journey to London was beset with difficulties and even dangers; but railways have now brought it within a few hours' distance, and Scottish artists and literary men are tempted to seek a wider field.

I was sometimes tempted to stretch an awning over them and take my seat there.

In a tract entitled The Absolute Unlawfulness of Stage Entertainments (1726) Law was tempted by the corruptions of the stage of the period to use unreasonable language, and incurred some effective criticism from John Dennis in The Stage Defended.

You may even be tempted to buy a new pair every wear or two.

Aren't you going to ask me all those stock questions like 'Weren't you tempted?

I'm very tempted to try ordering something utterly filthy.

She was tempted to try, but both he and Sarah would probably be watching.

Xander was tempted to leave, simply so he could handle this the way he would, if Jessi wasn't involved.

The advantages of a purely territorial system have tempted various War Ministers to apply it, but the results were not good, owing to the want of uniformity in the military qualities and the political subordination of the different districts.

In the reign of Michael's successor, Alexius (1645-76), the country recovered its strength so rapidly that the tsar was tempted to revive the energetic aggressive policy and put forward claims to Livonia, Lithuania and Little Russia, but he was obliged to moderate his pretensions.

It would certainly be unwise to draw a sharp boundary line between the two districts; kings of Judah could be tempted to restore the kingdom of their traditional founder, or Assyria might be complaisant towards a faithful Judaean vassal.

If the test of the settlement were not frequently applied, speculators who were unfortunate would be tempted to plunge deeper until finally some became insolvent for large sums. As it is, the speculator who has incurred losses beyond his means tends to be discovered before his creditors are heavily involved.

In the circumstances, one must needs adopt the opinion of Fersen's contemporary, Baron Gustavus Armfelt, "One is almost tempted to say that the government wanted to give the people a victim to play with, just as when one throws something to an irritated wild beast to distract its attention.

If, as Hegel asserted, our experience is all knowledge, and if knowledge is indefinitely transformed by the conditions of knowing, then we are tempted to regard the object as superfluous, and to treat our innate conviction that knowledge has reference to objects as a delusion which philosophical reflection is destined to dispel.

It is therefore the restless, the unsuccessful, or at least those not fitted for the strenuous competition of the older countries, who are tempted to go.

He turns away contemptuously from the mere curiosities of literature, and is never tempted to make a display of trivial erudition.

The explanation of the phenomena of combustion was at tempted at very early times, and the early theories were generally bound up in the explanation of the nature of fire or flame.

They remained severely orthodox in the doctrines of the Fathers - the Trinity, the Incarnation, the plenary inspiration of the Bible - and they condemned those who rejected their teachings to a hell whose fires they were not tempted to extenuate.

Thucydides and Sophocles, he must have been tempted, like many another foreigner, to make Athens his permanent home.

He regained his earldom and held it till his death, although he was once in serious danger from the avarice of theking (1239), who was tempted by Hubert's enormous wealth to revive the charge of treason.

It was commonly said that 'having taken refuge on a rainy day in a farmhouse he was so tempted.

But when Christ opened to me how He was tempted by the same devil, and overcame him and bruised his head, and that through Him, and His power, light, grace and spirit, I should overcome also, I had confidence in Him; so He it was that opened to me, when I was shut up and had no hope nor faith.

Orlov tempted the Greeks of the Morea to take up arms, and then left them in the lurch.

It is a detail, one is tempted to say a retail, manufacture.

Don't be tempted to eat the kids leftovers.

In front of each place was a plate bearing one of the delicious dama-fruit, and the perfume that rose from these was so enticing and sweet that they were sorely tempted to eat of them and become invisible.

I brought over some whiter and cleaner sand for this purpose from the opposite shore of the pond in a boat, a sort of conveyance which would have tempted me to go much farther if necessary.

You may be tempted to splurge on the latest trends in maternity outfits in spite of the off-season purchases.

If you're concerned about pregnancy symptoms before implantation, you may be tempted to take a pregnancy test as soon as it is possible that implantation has occurred.

Their logo preserves their history and reflects the class and self-confidence of a franchise not tempted by the whims of the moment.

Similarly, you may be tempted to shop at wholesale stores and buy in bulk if you visit the beach often enough.

Flip flops are functional as well as fashionable, protecting your feet from a number of hazards you may encounter at the pool, beach, and anywhere else that you may be tempted to go barefoot.

Roomy and generously cut, you'll be tempted to live in these swim trunks.

With so many different styles and hues to choose from, you'll definitely be tempted to purchase more than one!

You may feel tempted to go with a smaller size, but rather than getting more exposure, you'll more likely end up with a suit that binds.

Either a poor instructor or a near-drowning experience chased them back onto dry land and they've never been tempted to go anywhere near water again.

Once you've spotted a few must-haves in the videos, you might be tempted shop around a bit.

Do not allow children near burning gel candles, since many youngsters are tempted by the colorful embedded objects.