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Example sentences for: tempts
How can you use “tempts” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
Oh, how she tempts me!”
Brother Purvis strained the buttons on his vest as his face purpled and he growled (as Samson vainly resisting Delilah), “She tempts me, Lord!
This kind of picture has one of two thrusts: It either sides with the suffocated housewife who, like Ibsen's Nora, strives to break free of a repressive patriarchal hold, or it demonizes a culture that tempts men and women to put their own gratification before their responsibilities as parents.
The conclusion is that such books seldom have anything to teach us except in the most general way about the way the language was used in another time, partly owing to the lack of sophistication of their compilers, partly to their conservatism, which tempts them to include terms and definitions that are no longer current.
Example: A sabot boat, although one could use it on any day of the week and not just on the sabat or shabath , which immediately tempts one to throw the baby out with the shabath , probably the best solution —if somewhat murky and not potable—after all.