tempter

Example Sentences

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However, future price increases “will likely incentivize additional supply coming online and tempter pricing upside to an extent,” in Baird’s view.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

The experienced tempter warns the imp not to let his subject actually believe in God or satanic powers.

From Washington Times • Oct. 29, 2023

In it, he draws parallels between Jack Nicholson’s character and the devil: “a tempter who draws people into his sphere of influence.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2023

Somebody was the tempter, the proactive initiator, and it wasn't the colleges.

From Salon • May 27, 2019

“Oh, I think you know what I mean. Somewhere there is a tempter, a serpent, so to speak, and I had to keep them from meeting.”

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman