The phrase "against temptation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the act of resisting or combating desires or urges that may lead to negative behavior.
Example: "She prayed for strength to stand firm against temptation during difficult times."
Alternatives: "resist temptation" or "combat temptation".
And Worley was vigilant against temptation.
In the end body and soul unite against temptation and embrace the path to heaven amid celebratory choruses and spirited dances.
And yet a rule that is a mere "rule of thumb" is a paper shield against temptation.
As marital sex is preferable to "fornication" (extra-marital sex), spouses owe the "marriage debt" (sex) to protect against temptation, thereby sustaining mutual fidelity (Marriage and Desire, Book I, ca. 418 19, §7, 8, 17/19, 14/16).
If, as Origen seems to hold (Princ. 3.6.1), the likeness of God was not yet conferred on the intellectual man who was created in the image of God, should we infer that Adam's body was given to him as a means of acquiring the likeness, just as the Neoplatonist Porphyry, fifty years later, taught that souls are implanted in bodies in order to cultivate virtue through the struggle against temptation?
For the sake of us two, fight for our love against temptation".
The ideal of objectivity as value-neutrality is justified as a psychological stance needed to guard against temptations toward wishful thinking and dogmatic, politically motivated or ideological reasoning.
The second best defense against temptations is to be secure in yourself.
Others advise against the temptation to pit advisers against one another in a horse race, giving each a sum of money and seeing, after a period of time, who gets the best return.. "People put up with an amazing number of bad relationships because they think they have to get a few extra points of performance," Mr. Grubman said.
Second, we must acknowledge that nothing has immunized us against the unhappy effect that economic disappointment works on the soul, or against the temptation to find scapegoats to hold responsible for deeper problems.
She held out against the temptation.
