temptation
IPA: tɛmtˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- The act of tempting.
- The condition of being tempted.
- Something attractive, tempting or seductive; an inducement or enticement.
- Pressure applied to one's thinking designed to create wrong emotions which will eventually lead to wrong actions.
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Examples of "temptation" in Sentences
- Avoiding the temptation is difficult.
- He must be acutely aware of the temptation.
- Resist the temptation to go on the computer.
- Avoid the temptation to get in the last word.
- Beware the temptation to confuse the two people.
- The final stage included the temptation of Jesus.
- In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.
- Please resist the temptation to vandalize pages in the future.
- The blue umbrella is the temptation, the apple, that all covet.
- As in earlier times, neither is impervious to the temptations of the other.
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