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tempted
Example Sentences
The door opened a crack and for a second I was tempted to give in again.
“There were moments when I was just really tempted to have a slice of pizza or a cheeseburger,” he says.
Obviously Clay had to go, but were you tempted to keep him around for the final season?
If he does leave St. Louis, a pass rush-needy team like the Dallas Cowboys might be tempted to add him.
But Peggy is not tempted in the least to change her shop to fit in with the new(er) surroundings.
I may be tempted to postpone my retirement, and for a while longer to continue to gather the golden harvest that ripens round me.
For a man, I mean,' she added, 'because when a man's unhappy he's more easily tempted to suspicion than a woman is.'
It will not read unless it is tempted by the sugary sweetness of the romantic interest.
More than once that day was the good housewife tempted to send the three visiting Babcocks home, but was too courteous to do so.
If she is unwilling to let you go, and you are tempted to stay, that very fact promises well for the pleasure of a second visit.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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