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Meanings of temptation in English
Usage of temptation in English
1
Verity was magnificent; his flight and length were exactly right, visible temptation.
2
Misfortune cannot suppress it; enmity cannot alienate it; temptation cannot enslave it.
3
It's dangerous on the way home because Nando's is always a temptation.
4
He was aware of her temptation; he felt it in the air.
5
It was a temptation; for several reasons it was a temptation; yet-
6
In times of crisis, the temptation is to retrench and cut costs.
7
His sin was unpardonable; perhaps his temptation was great; I cannot tell.
8
Though the new president managed to resist the temptation to appoint Ms.
9
The particular temptation which overcame me was this picture of the bride-to-be.
10
The temptation clutched him and his breast contracted in the rising struggle.
11
But the penalties of smuggling must arise in proportion to the temptation.
12
If the animal spirits fail, they represent it as an actual temptation.
13
The other temptation was money: Suze paid three hundred dollars a day.
14
What we know is the unrequited possibility, the temptation of the idea.
15
I fell in the way of temptation, and I yielded to it.
16
Gaborn had twenty thousand forcibles with him, and the temptation was great.
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United Kingdom
Common
South Africa
Common
Ireland
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