Sentence examples for fighting the temptation from inspiring English sources

Ria spent four series fighting the temptation to embark on an affair with her suitor from walks in the local park, smooth businessman Leonard Bruce Montaguee).

Ms. Van Oss hopes that students will begin to put thought into how they spend free time, fighting the temptation to being more sedentary consumers.

Mr. Rogers's one employee, Dre, is fighting the temptation to use drugs again while he waits for his first child to be born, praying that the baby will, unlike its parents, be H.I.V.-free.

(Scott) * 'LITTLE FISH' (R, 114 minutes) In this tough, savvy Australian film, Cate Blanchett sinks deeply into the role of a 32-year-old recovering heroin addict trying to rebuild her life and fighting the temptation to relapse.

(Jeannette Catsoulis) * 'LITTLE FISH' (R, 114 minutes) In this tough, savvy Australian film, Cate Blanchett sinks deeply into the role of a 32-year-old recovering heroin addict trying to rebuild her life and fighting the temptation to relapse.

Two months out from the Olympics the UK Athletics head coach, Charles van Commenee, must be fighting the temptation to pack his team away in cotton wool and store them in a cool, dry place for safekeeping until later in the summer.

Rob Morrow plays a recently paroled drug smuggler who tries to put his life back together with his wife and young son while fighting the temptations of his former life.

For now, I'm fighting the nightly temptation to start calling again.

Committed to fighting the common temptations of barbarism and its discontents, the positivists sought to continue the project of the Enlightenment.

The offer of fairy gold to help Ed beat the bad wizard; the casting away of temptation – "I've been fighting the Tories all my life"; in the background, the wizard rubbing his hands, knowing he can make capital out of whichever way it goes.

Poe worked as a magazine editor, which meant that he was forever devising new ways to lure readers while fighting, always, against the temptation to lord his talents over them.