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Tempts meaning
third-person singular simple present indicative of tempt
Example sentences (16)
Jadis tempts Digory to eat one of the forbidden apples in the garden, as the serpent tempts Eve into eating a forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden.
Downstairs the (sweets) side of the business tempts even the fullest of diners with neatly stacked piles of handmade treats to take home.
Her top tip is to keep your phone out of the loo, as bringing it in not only tempts you to overstay your visit, but could also lead to other health concerns down the line.
I've gotten better, but there are still times when a slashed price tempts me to waste money on something I don't need because it seems too good to pass up.
Abbas tempts Sibley into pushing his bat towards the ball, which holds up off the seam and goes just past!
But there can be no excuse for organising an illegal rave which then encourages and tempts others to attend.
It tempts with a delightful seven-piece nativity scene set with baby Jesus in a manger, Mary, Joseph and the Three Wise Men played by resin stone dogs wrapped in blanket robes ($58.99).
Satan tempts us with things like.
He tempts him for a drive and induces an outside edge to Dhoni.
Now, as the American working class includes more and more people of color—and Donald Trump tempts white voters with false promises—progressives can best honor King’s legacy by taking a page from the book he left behind.
Benderesk’s wife, Lady Serret, shows Ged the stone and tempts him to speak to it, claiming it can give him limitless knowledge and power.
Digory picks one of the apples for his mission, but their overpowering smell tempts him.
Lucifer is the light spirit, which "plays on human pride and offers the delusion of divinity", but also motivates creativity and spirituality ; Ahriman is the dark spirit that tempts human beings to ".
The Emperor tempts Luke to give in to his anger and join him.
The male often tempts other females to lay eggs in his nest, and as many as 1,946 citation eggs have been counted in a single nest.
They make the case that the Biblical God is a divine force that wreaks suffering, death and destruction and that tempts or commands humanity into committing mayhem and genocide.