Sentence examples for may have tempted from inspiring English sources

This is what may have tempted the institution into its ill-fated and short-lived merger.

By posting online videos taunting the violent street gang, Coleman may have tempted fate.

Randolph may have tempted fate by sending out Mota for a second inning, but he did not have much choice.

Frustration at losing a long-running fight to take over Russia's Stolichnaya vodka may have tempted Pernod to land a knockout blow.

Mr Bush's heart may have tempted him to side with Donald Rumsfeld, his defence secretary, and Dick Cheney, his vice-president.

The fact I may have tempted fate (Rory?!) is now worrying me a lot more than the fact that the email would almost certainly get me fired.

Renewed global interest in gold may also have tempted traders to believe that the rand will do well.

He may have been tempted by something, something we might all be tempted by," he said.

The pendulum is swinging the other direction after last year's move toward simplicity, with the iPhone SE and minimalist MacBook; Apple intends to entice "pro" users who may have been tempted by the highly capable Surface Book.

He may have felt tempted to stay there.

Because Enron had such extravagant earnings promises to fulfill, some analysts said, it may have been tempted to hide its problems and losses with creative accounting.