Sentence examples for conquering temptation from inspiring English sources

HE was an important priest in the community and in the seminary, commanding much authority, and when he'd first brought up the idea as a way of conquering temptation, I felt it repellent, scary, preposterous.

And this too I wrote about in "Seminary": from my second year of high school, from the time I was nearly 15 until I was past 20 and had nearly finished my second year of college, I routinely exposed myself to the spiritual director, and I did so, more or less willingly, in the name of conquering impure temptation.

Mr. Royo's Ray is an economical but fully drawn portrait of a man trying to shake off the ghosts of the past; particularly powerful is the scene in which he wages a nervous, silent battle to conquer a temptation to slip into old habits.

The purpose of mujāhadah is to conquer the temptations of the self in order to purify one's soul and bring one's soul to a state of readiness to receive the divine light.

Cardinal virtues are, in essence, moral and relational dispositions that orient principled action: espousing the virtues of courage and prudence, as well as advocating justice, would help conquer deadly temptations and give greater coherence to global health agendas.

It's natural beauty, at once forbidding and beguiling, has served as temptation for conquering armies, fuel for meandering fleets and refuge for religious iconoclasts.

What happened after conquering inflation?

They are conquering every age".

Conquering Territory.

Conquering Lion - Code Red 14.

* "Conquering the Great Rose".