Sentence examples for in a temptation from inspiring English sources

It is often the case that heavy initial investment in a poor project results in a temptation to spend more money on the project in the hope of recovering the sunk cost or preventing embarrassment.

And Britain's constitutional vagueness means that departments can be split and merged by fiat, rather than needing legislation.So British prime ministers repeatedly give in to a temptation that is presumably felt elsewhere, but resisted.

Navarrette gives in to a temptation that many of us must feel.

In Holland, a temptation to ditch austerity and go it alone is changing a political landscape dominated for 10 years by multiculturalism and race.

There is in general a temptation to read too much into some of Mr. Morris's work when no scenario is present.

But this, Joan points out, is in reality a temptation and a misuse of the aging process, sapping our valuable energy by turning our attention to fantasy centering on what could have been.

She narrowly escaped death twice in late 2004: first after an explosion at a Temptation concert in Colombo, Sri Lanka; and second during the Indian Ocean earthquake.

The Gospel According to Matthew described the temptation of Jesus by Satan in the wilderness as a temptation to worldly power.

Thus, you can control your urge for a temptation in many ways.

Others wiggled and bounced and scooted in their chairs as they tried to restrain themselves, but eventually gave in to temptation a few minutes later.

There may be a temptation in practice to explain illness entirely in pharmacological and biochemical terms.