Temptation Sentence Examples

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.

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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.

Nay, we are under a more subtle temptation than any other men to draw us from this heavenly life.

There you have a terrible temptation to fall into social patriotism!

A real temptation today In every age, one of the great temptation today In every age, one of the great temptations for mankind is to embellish God's Word with human ideas.

Deliver us from Satan's temptation to think You have forgotten us.

Temptation, trial and trouble constitute the great triumvirate facing men daily.

Lebanon's Daily Star has warned that " any temptation to exact vengeance must be resisted.

The temptation is always to treat the other as an object and not as a freely willed gift.

When improvements in the structure of an instrument remove from the modern composer's memory an entire category of limitations which in classical music determined the very character of the instrument, the temptation is easy to regard the improvement as a kind of access of wisdom, in comparison with which not only the older form of the instrument, but the part that it plays in classical music, is crude and archaic. But we should do better justice to improvements in an instrument if we really understood how far they give it, not merely new resources, but a new nature.

No truthful man, however much he may love the bird, will gainsay the depredations on fruit and eggs that it at times commits; but the gardeners and gamekeepers of Britain, instead of taking a few simple steps to guard their charge from injury, deliberately adopt methods of wholesale destruction - methods that in the case of this species are only too easy and too effectual--by proffering temptation to trespass which it is not in jay-nature to resist, and accordingly the bird runs great chance of total extirpation.

But as the theory of evolution was accepted, a new spirit was gradually introduced into Christian theology, which has turned the controversies between religion and science into other channels and removed the temptation to flaunt a disagreement.

Abashed by this question, I replied that sloth was my chief temptation.

Water drained away, could n't resist the temptation to dig.

It 's easy to do and takes away the temptation to roam everywhere in preaching.

The temptation is to scoot off the curb at speed in a bid to beat the traffic.

Can Max control his temptation of stealing the last jewel or will he give in and complete his life 's work?

Will he be strong enough to resist the temptation to revert to crime?

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

There you have a terrible temptation to fall into social patriotism !

A real temptation today In every age, one of the great temptations for mankind is to embellish God 's Word with human ideas.

Deliver us from Satan 's temptation to think You have forgotten us.

The temptation is to stick a tenner on something at long odds and go and get a beer.

The temptation to transfuse red cells immediately should be resisted.

Lebanon 's Daily Star has warned that any temptation to exact vengeance must be resisted.

He gives the strength to the child of God to endure the searing licks of temptation 's white-hot flame.

It's always better to resist temptation and face your future together with a clean slate.

In an age of political cronyism and corporate bullies scientists, in the eyes of the public are vulnerable to temptation.

Still, it might be a good idea to close your older child's door to eliminate temptation.

As with the feeding this must be honed early and the temptation to keep the baby awake for visitors to see is a definite no-no.

The temptation to "load up" on potato chips and toilet paper can be extreme because of the price, but use caution by reading on.

When parents resist this temptation by continuing to enforce consistent rules and structures, children have a greater chance to emerge from divorce well-adjusted.

Many faiths also seek to keep their members spiritually safe by providing guidelines for living that help them avoid temptation and corruption that could jeopardize their spiritual safety.

If you're searching online especially, you may be able to search by price and avoid temptation to choose styles that are outside of the range you've settled on.

Although at the time, no one was sure that coal, oil and other fossil fuels were anything to cause concern, the idea of free and constant power, without the need to mine or otherwise despoil the natural world, was an immense temptation.

Avoid the temptation to purchase disposable products that contribute to landfill crowding.

Resist the temptation to give them jobs like sorting or closet cleaning.

The temptation may be high to let the irresponsible coworker know just how irritating his or her lack of reliability is but lashing out will make a negligent coworker even more defensive.

Unfortunately, your temptation will be to watch the clock.

Everyone knows the temptation is out there.

Another way to make better choices and avoid temptation is to rid your house of all unhealthy foods - you can't eat what you don't have.

Forgo the temptation to go all out - sometimes the most memorable menus are those that stand out for being a little different.

After detox is completed, it is important for you to immediately go into rehab to help you deal with the temptation to drink alcohol.

To reduce the temptation to smoke, make small changes in your regular activities.

With addiction, the temptation to return to using is always there.

Otherwise, the temptation to light up may be too hard to resist.

Willem Dafoe played Jesus Christ, with Barbara Hershey as Mary Magdalene, in The Last Temptation of Christ.

With careers built on their looks, when entertainers start to show the affects of age it's an easy temptation to try to erase the years surgically.

When opening a new account, consider saying no to checking and debit options to remove much of the temptation to spend your money quickly.

We figure out how to better puppy-proof to avoid the carpet-eating temptation, and we learn that the 2 A.M. whines may be a bad dream or boredom and not a dire need to go outside for relief.

This includes setting a budget which is a useful thing to do before buying any jewelry, as it enables you to look for jewelry within a given price range and reduces the temptation to buy outside of your budget on impulse.

Setting a budget helps to narrow down the focus and will avoid the temptation of spending more than can be afforded at the time!

Do avoid the temptation to buy something that only just fits - this will not serve you well over long periods.

Forgo the temptation to break out anything overly colorful, baggy or simply unflattering (actually, forgo the unflattering stuff no matter what the occasion).

Avoid any temptation to pile on the jewelry; instead, keep things simple with a single piece.

Everything you need will be on it, so avoid temptation to buy impulse items.

This can lead to the temptation to use more of these products than is necessary, thereby negating the benefits of using natural fertilizers.

If an offer seems too good to be true and the seller is unwilling to answer detailed questions or to offer guarantees about their merchandise, avoid the temptation to save money on what may be a scam.

However, you should resist the temptation to use a decorative wine bottle holder to permanently display this very special bottle of wine over a long period of time.

Avoid the temptation to set the stained tablecloth aside or to only partially remove a stain on a rug and then waiting until your guests leave to finish the stain removal process.

Because symptoms subside quickly, there is a temptation to stop therapy prematurely.

I know, I know...the temptation is there.

When you're too busy to cook, this will help reduce the temptation to grab unhealthy snacks.

When it comes to shopping for petite summer dresses, look for stores that have a petite section, and no matter the temptation to stray, shop there.

For some women, the temptation to bundle up and seek refuge from winter's harsh weather ultimately trumps the otherwise almighty desire to look fashionable and glamorous.

Either they are opposed to it, or because they feel no romantic curiosity about "other races" or temptation to date "other races".

It's no wonder Hollywood couples often give in to the temptation and loneliness.

To avoid temptation, turn off the computer, get out of the house or call a friend and ask her to keep you busy.

Avoid the temptation to go for the naughty user name unless that is your personality.

It's also important that you both trust each other and resist temptation.

The temptation to rely on the strangers - well-meaning as they are - for comfort, or even as a new relationship, can be strong.

There's the added temptation of a million dollars.

The million dollar reward, when it was available, certainly presented a temptation.

How could I go on believing no one would succumb to such temptation?

There was right and wrong, good and evil, and every human but the woman before him had fallen for some temptation of the dark side.

Richard Baxter thought him a good man who fell before a great temptation.

His temptation was removed by the Host beginning to bleed, the blood soaking through the corporal into the marble of the altar.

And Professor Windisch has discussed the legends of the temptation in his Mara and Buddha, and those relating to the Buddha's birth in his Buddha's Geburt.

The town was taken in 1765 by Hyder Ali, who expelled all the merchants and factors, and destroyed the cocoa-nut trees, sandal-wood and pepper vines, that the country reduced to ruin might present no temptation to the cupidity of Europeans.

Disciplined troops as they were, they resisted the temptation to escape Ferrara's fire by breaking out to the front; but the whole Spanish line was enfiladed, and on the left of it the papal troops, who were by no means of the same quality, filled up the ditch in front of their breastworks and charged forward, followed by all the gendarmerie.

With Mozart there is no temptation to do so.

It is quite clear, however, that the marshal of Champagne, who was one of the leaders and inner counsellors of the expedition throughout, sympathized with the majority, and it is fair to point out that the temptation of chivalrous adventure was probably as great as that of gain.

They belonged to the class of traditional literature which it was forbidden to write down, and, so long at least as the Targum tradition remained active, there would be little temptation to commit it to writing.

The temptation proved too great for the artillery, who promptly fired into the midst of the cavalry camp (Forton's division) which lay nearest to them.

After a residence in the north as chaplain to Henry Hastings, earl of Huntingdon, President of the North, he was made vicar of St Giles's, Cripplegate, in 1588, and there delivered his striking sermons on the temptation in the wilderness and the Lord's prayer.

Josephus 7 paraphrases the story more suo, and speaks of Balaam as the best prophet of his time, but with a disposition ill adapted to resist temptation.

The Greeks had no temptation to divide man in two in this fashion.

Skilful refunding postponed the day of evil, but cash on hand was too often a temptation to plunder.

The war of 1870 put an end to all ideas of this kind; the German successes were so rapid that Austria was not exposed to the temptation of intervening, a temptation that could hardly have been resisted had the result been doubtful or the struggle prolonged.

This, however, does not entitle us to assume the origin of Monocotyledons from Dicotyledons, although there is manifestly a temptation to connect helobic forms of the former with ranal ones of the latter.

In the nudes of the next four or five years, which included a "St Sebastian," the so-called "Four Witches" (1497), the "Dream" or "Temptation," the "Rape of Amymome," and the "Jealousy" or "Great Hercules," Venetian, Paduan and Florentine memories are found, in the treatment of the human form, competing somewhat uncomfortably with his own inherited Gothic and northern instincts.

The supervision should be adequate to remove all temptation to copying.

Next, we have a narrative of the Temptation, of which St Mark had but recorded the bare fact.

When His disciples, having watched Him at prayer, desired to be taught how to pray, they were bidden to address God as " Father "; to ask first for the hallowing of the Father's name, and the coming of His kingdom; then for their daily food, for the pardon of their sins and for freedom from temptation.

He could never resist the temptation to make a pun.

They consist of paraphrases of parts of Genesis, Exodus and Daniel, and three separate poems, the first on the lamentations of the fallen angels, the second on the "Harrowing of Hell," the resurrection, ascension and second coming of Christ, and the third (a mere fragment) on the temptation.

From the interest of the site in history and still more in literature, as the scene of so many dramas, the temptation to fix details has been specially strong.

He is indeed free from the grosser faults of deliberate Critical injustice and falsification, and he resists that temptation to invent, to which "the minds of authors are only too method.

Ideas of all sorts poured in upon him while he was writing, and he was not always able to resist the temptation to insert them whether pertinent or not.

The temptation to trace all heresy to one who had been condemned by Peter was too strong for the Fathers.'

As for himself, his heart was now fixed, - his mind was made up, - but he realized more than he had ever done before the power of temptation, and the difficulty, the almost impossibility, of understanding and holding to the truth.

The colonists also, pressing forward to those territories, came in contact with these Ishmaelites - the farmers' cattle and sheep, guarded only by a Hottentot herdsman, offering the strongest temptation to the Bushman.

On the 21st of August 1858, by a vote of 11,300 to 1788, Kansas resisted this temptation.

The temptation was too great for the young king to refuse; he accepted the homage, and offered the aid of his arms. It was soon required, for Baliol was ere long expelled from Scotland.

It is extremely questionable, in particular, whether fasting be so efficient as it is sometimes supposed to be in protecting against temptation to fleshly sin.

Please try to resist the temptation to scribble them in illegible scrawl.

The constant temptation to cheat by using dangerous performance enhancing drugs is also a scandal.

Bedding - Avoid the temptation to spend hundreds of dollars in coordinated sheets, comforters and pillows.

If you have a gold-tone framed mirror over your fireplace, resist the temptation to go for those antique copper rods.

When scrapbooking your family's Christmas memories, try to resist the temptation to simply create a timeline of activities.

Eliminate the temptation to chat by visiting Yahooligans instead of Yahoo Games with your kids.

More specific guidelines may stipulate that pants are worn at the natural waist (to eliminate the temptation to "sag"), pants leg hems must not drag the floor, and capri pants are not allowed.

However, resist the temptation and work toward really helping your child find something that is inexpensive and truly from him.

Jiminy Cricket acts as his conscience as he navigates through temptation to prove he's worthy.

When you eat breakfast, you'll keep your energy level up and reduce the temptation to splurge on pricier foods later in the day.

Resist the temptation to spend a free afternoon browsing through your favorite craft store.

Resist the temptation to order take out Chinese food by whipping up a batch of fried rice at home.

Instead of succumbing to the temptation to order takeout when it's time for dinner, you can enjoy a delicious meal you created.

Resist the temptation to buy shoes for your child to "grow into" - kids' shoes should always fit correctly.

Resist the temptation to give in to all of those adorable shoes available in the stores.

Avoid the temptation to emulate Julia Roberts' famed Pretty Woman character and, instead, go the other route.

Despite his father's amorous feelings for Jackson, Ben couldn't resist the temptation of an older woman and eventually bedded her.

Liberty, Sean , Ashley, Paige, Terri, Spinner and Jimmy as they encounter pressure, temptation and revel in the glory that comes with being young during the early seasons.

Temptation and sin is also very much depicted by fire including sex, passion and the destructive forces of both good and evil.

Many people find that once they leave the scene of temptation, they don't usually want to go back and buy that item after all.

Keep your cool and resist the temptation to yell and appear unprofessional.

There's a great temptation to buy a large quantity of diverse items upfront to use in business gift baskets.

Business Ethics - They are important for all information to be made public to increase investor confidence and avoid the temptation of financial shenanigans.

Avoid the temptation to grab your video camera or cell phone camera to snap a quick video.

The temptation is strong to go and watch a great squad do their routines and then simply imitate what they do.

Make sure you keep your cupboards and fridge stocked with foods that are good for you, avoid the fast food temptation, and take time to enjoy your food.

If you're not hungry, the temptation to cheat is so much easier to squash.

When you're looking at carb content of foods, it's easy to lump all carbs together, but resist the temptation.

Good fiber intake - Fiber fills you up, which reduces the hunger pangs and accompanying temptation to cheat.

Take time to plan quick, healthy meals at home and resist the temptation to breeze through that drive-through.

The purpose of healthy nutritious snack foods is to fill you up with good sources of nutrition between meals in order to reduce your temptation to gorge at meal time.

Holiday diet tips can give you the motivation and willpower you need to resist the temptation to go off your healthy diet.

With more selection, it is easier to make it a way of life, and helps curb the temptation to totally revert back to eating habits that made you overweight in the first place.

Resist the temptation to leap ahead to the advanced workouts, unless you are in incredible shape and up to the challenge.

Resist the temptation to tug at the back of your head, since this will stress the fragile neck bones.

Warming up properly is important, so having a few good warm up exercises to choose from can help keep dullness -- and the temptation to skimp -- at bay.

After all, if you can see that you lost five pounds last month and another three pounds so far this month, the temptation of blowing off the scheduled runs in favor of pizza and beer in front of the TV shrinks considerably.

Every Monday morning before breakfast, note the weight and use the track record as a visual aid to fight temptation.

Playing the position of quarterback for Lingerie Bowl champs The Los Angeles Temptation (formerly the Los Angeles Dream), Joey Davenport is considered to have the strongest arm in the Lingerie Football League.

This Los Angeles Temptation player brings three years experience to her team.

Three-time champions, the Los Angeles Temptation of the Western Conference, recently racked up their latest win at the 2012 championship held at the Orleans Arena.

Temptation Island - Probably the most controversial show on this list of reality TV shows in which couples agree to live with singles of the opposite sex to see who would and wouldn't cheat.

Does the experiment alter his brain chemistry in some way, making him more vulnerable to temptation? or would he have turned to crime if he knew he could get away with it in any event?

With problem skin, there's a temptation to scrub and scrub until all the nastiness goes away.

For others, though, the worst is just the temptation to scratch and scratch.

Temptation had been pounding on the door with a sledge hammer lately.

Guiccioli, the biographer of Sella, observes that Italian politicians find it especially hard to resist the temptation of appearing crafty.

Of the names of the planets Estera (Ishtar Venus, also called Ruha d'Qudsha, "holy spirit"), Enba (Nebo, Mercury), Sin (moon), Kewan (Saturn), Bil (Jupiter), and Nirig (Nirgal, Mars) reveal their Babylonian origin; Il or Il Il, the sun, is also known as Kadush and Adunay (the Adonai of the Old Testament); as lord of the planetary spirits his place is in the midst of them; they are the source of all temptation and evil amongst men.

Were the rule to decide their share of taxation alone, a contrary temptation would prevail.

The serpent becomes the inner voice of temptation, and the saying in iii.

If even now philosophers and theologians cannot resist the temptation to allegorize, how inevitable was it that this course should be pursued by early Jewish theologians!

He was besieged for dedications, and as every dedication meant a present proportioned to the circumstances of the dedicatee, there was a natural temptation to be lavish of them.

And coins have long been recognized as one of the great sources of metrology -- valuable for their wide and detailed range of information, though most unsatisfactory on account of the constant temptation to diminish their weight, a weakness which seldom allows us to reckon them as of the full standard.

Macaulay is not greatly superior in impartiality to Hume; Gibbon and Robertson were less open to temptation because they avoided English subjects.

Dean left Bird Song on foot, passing up the temptation to drive his Jeep the short distance to the Main Street delicatessen.

Cardan or Cardano, who was at that time writing his great work, the Ars Magna, could not restrain the temptation of crowning his treatise with such important discoveries, and in 1 545 he broke his oath and gave to the world Tartalea's rules for solving cubic equations.

This proves a temptation to the vermin too great to be resisted.

Though the temptation to treat everything at once is certainly great, it's important to work on each thing one at a time.

There will be a temptation to make everything scripted, to try and make your podcast sound like a play or a radio show.

The children running about are a serious temptation though I know this place is far too risky for what activities I have in mind.

But this first man fell under the temptation of sexual desire.