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Sentence count:125+4Posted:2016-12-13Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: appealattractenticeinterestinvitelureseducetantalizetitillateSimilar words: attemptcaveat emptorexemptpreempttempleexempt fromtemporaltemporaryMeaning: [tempt]  v. 1. dispose or incline or entice to 2. provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion 3. give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting 4. induce into action by using one's charm 5. try to seduce 6. try presumptuously. 
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91. That might tempt more Indians to leave the wretchedness of the reserves.
92. Susan had several options, the way she saw it: tempt fate by tearing apart the potato patch, turn herself in and lead the police to the body, or leave town and change her name.
93. Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, once every year Jack Benny decides to tempt fate by going out to San Anita for the races.
94. We could not now jeoparize relations with Europe and Japan, tempt an oil embargo.
95. If I thought it would not tempt her to go out in sharp winds, and grow coarse, I would send her a new hat and pelisse.
96. With promises of 50 jars of homemade honey a year they hope to tempt the busy townie who dreams of the good life.
97. The football club tried to tempt the player with offers of money.
98. When a lady of Inner Mongolia was on business in Kunming city,[http://sentencedict.com/tempt.html] she couldn't help buying a big boxful of flowers to the tempt of cheaper flowers even than little cabbages there. She went home by train.
99. I knew there was one mean ram we had to avoid, but we decided to tempt fate, a big mistake.
100. Deuteronomy 6:16 Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
101. Stainless steel heater is applicable in erosive and high tempt situations.
102. She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me.
103. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
104. With a new season of sales about to begin in New York and Hong Kong, Sotheby's and Christie's will be looking again to tempt Chinese bidders.
105. Do you really want to tempt fate by making this promise at a time when promises are easily broken?
106. This did not yet tempt them to adventures staking Soviet assets.
107. He tried to tempt me to cheat in the examination.
108. American abdication would tempt Soviet tendencies toward filling every vacuum.
109. This reward awaits those who are brave enough to tempt fate and face the full wrath of the Lich King!
110. The characters in my "story", the slickness of the images, and the allure of the technological processes, which tempt me away from the hands-on, traditional methods of working that, I know.
111. We fear that the removal of our shield might tempt aggression.
112. However, GAME are looking to tempt customers with generous trade-in deals.
113. They tried to tempt her ( into staying ) with offers of promotion.
114. An alternative, quietly touted by some North American officials, is to tempt investors into buying bonds by giving them access to non-recourse loans from the ECB.
115. Now, there are two factors to tempt the medicine to overstep its borders.
116. I don't want to tempt fate but none the less you are in good shape.
117. An impressive cancan of cakes is displayed to tempt you into springing for the 10-euro cake-and-coffee deal (point to the cake you want).
118. Having spent so long at a great club like Rangers, no other Scottish team could tempt him away.
119. Wealth may tempt weak-willed persons to be addicted to harmful habits, such as drug-taking and gambling, and result in their own ruin.
120. They can raise the retirement age, open the doors to immigration and tempt more people into the labour force.
More similar words: attemptcaveat emptorexemptpreempttempleexempt fromtemporaltemporarytemperaturecontemplatecontretempstempestuouscontemporarypromptsymptombumptioussumptuousassumptionstemitemconsumptionpresumptuoussystemempireemployemperorempowerempathyemphasisepisteme
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