Sentence examples for a temptation to be from inspiring English sources

"There's a temptation to be a wanker.

Even many of its opponents represent cosmetic surgery as miraculous, a temptation to be resisted.

In the case of Senator Jesse Helms, that is a temptation to be resisted.

Ms. Vega looks at passion as a temptation to be resisted lest she be swallowed up in it.

Through such aperçus and vignettes, Mr. Meyer identifies the booby traps of imperial self-delusion, warning against the Asian heartland as a "temptation to be resisted".

Perhaps he does not notice the spark of erotic interest that passes between him and this stranger or perhaps, at least at first, he regards it as a temptation to be conquered.

There's a temptation to being an artist as a small business but I don't really turn out commodities as such," he says.

So for some people there's a great temptation to be direct and lack sensitivity.

If he walks away from his computer for a minute, avoid the temptation to be a snoop.

I will endeavor to avoid the temptation to be a cynic and a nihilist.

In short, France in 2012 is an old nation that increasingly cultivates the temptation to be an island unto itself.