Sentence examples for first temptation for from inspiring English sources

Let me repeat that because this is the first temptation for a lot of Republicans.

Filmmakers' first temptation is to make a film that is not really theirs but that their name is on and for which they enjoy the monetary benefits.

What I heard -- what I noticed for the first time -- is that the third temptation, the one that sends the devil off to wait for "a more opportune time," is arguably the Temptation of Scriptural Literalism.

His second temptation came in 2004, after his first start for the Houston Astros, when he popped a tendon in his elbow.

The third temptation raises the stakes even higher.

Cheever resisted sexual temptation for the first 20 years of his marriage, though "every comely man, every bank clerk and delivery boy was aimed at my life like a loaded pistol".

Both nomination contests are likely to go long and remain intense, which may increase the temptation for a third-party candidate like Michael Bloomberg to throw his expensive hat in the ring.

"At first, the temptation was to look for revenge," Xochipa, now 38, recalls.

Unfortunately, there is too much temptation for private equity firms to employ the second model, which is more lucrative but often destructive.

In his foreword to the second edition of the Handbook of Positive Psychology, Peterson [ 1] warned of "the temptation for those of us associated with this new field to run ahead of what we know" (p. xxiii).

That raised the temptation for acquisitions.