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tempt - use in sentences
Object
- fate: The owners had never tempted fate by preparing an annual budget.
- palate: Pasta is a versatile food and can make hearty suppers or light dishes to tempt the palate.
- thief: Don't tempt thieves by leaving property on display.
- shopper: A wide range of stalls from many Cheltenham based charities will set out their wares to tempt shoppers throughout the day.
- buyer: Many films came out complete with soundtrack CD or a book to tempt buyers.
- traveler: And if this isn't enough to tempt the adventurous traveler then 1,000 km off the coast lie the world famous Galapagos Islands.
Subject
- devil: After Jesus ' Baptism he was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.
- Satan: He obeyed its moral law when tempted by Satan.
- prospect: Some people were also tempted by the prospect of a semi night dive off Chesil beach.
Modifying Another Word
- sorely: One feels sorely tempted never to go back to a standard micro again!
Infinitive complement
- indulge: That way I keep hydrated and don't get tempted to indulge in cans of coke.
- conclude: One may be tempted to conclude from this that James is postulating a non-theistic interpretation of God however this far from the case.
- dismiss: But if you're tempted to dismiss his work for that, you'd be making a mistake.
- stray: Each one of the lead gypsy girls was quite terrific and it was easy to understand why the young painter was tempted to stray.
- try: Don't be tempted to try to get into the underweight category.
- cheat: QUIZ ANSWERS They're printed rather faint in case you are tempted to cheat!
Preposition: in
- desert: In fact, when Jesus was tempted in the desert by Satan himself, he immediately recognized his identity and resisted and rebuked him.
Preposition: by
- devil: After Jesus ' Baptism he was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.
- Satan: He obeyed its moral law when tempted by Satan.
- prospect: Some people were also tempted by the prospect of a semi night dive off Chesil beach.
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