Sentence examples for particular temptation from inspiring English sources

The "virgin daughters" of his colleagues in the socialist Fabian movement were a particular temptation.

As my colleague Jason Wilson argues, denunciations of other people's "stupidity" are a particular temptation of our age.

Microsoft and Apple already have their own physical retail stores, but thus far Google has managed to resist that particular temptation.

On arrival, the team held another brief meeting during which Coach Jim Fassel again reminded his players about the particular temptations of the Tampa night life.

Bob Holman Glasgow Louise Caseyy would be helped in her task if she considered the advice given by the English historian RH Tawney a century ago in his inaugural lecture at LSE on "Poverty as an Industrial Problem": "Improve the character of individuals by all means – if you feel competent to do so, especially of those whose excessive incomes expose them to particular temptations".

We all carry the baggage of our family line- particular fears, temptations, struggles, etc that somehow seem to get passed down (spiritually, psychologically, whatever) to us.

You might be able to avoid being in contact with drugs; perhaps, you might even avoid contact with alcohol (by moving to a dry county?); but when it comes to food -- this particular "drug" of temptation is everywhere.

Preventing cheating can be a challenge, especially with regard to children, who as a result of their limited executive function skills may have particular difficulty with resisting temptation to cheat.

On RBS in particular, David Cameron and George Osborne must resist the temptation for a loss-making firesale at the current share price which would add billions to the national debt … The government must look at the whole range of options for the future of RBS to ensure the taxpayer gets its money back and there is no return to business as usual.

Schopenhaurian philosophy also suggests that the only escape from the ever-present temptations of human life is through negation of the Will, and overcoming sexual temptation is in particular a strong form of negation of the Will.

His imaginary arrangements are inspired by the father of surrealism, Hieronymus Bosch, and one work in particular: the Triptych of the Temptation of St. Anthony, as a three-part opus filled with demons and witches tormenting the Christian monk, who manages to remain uncorrupted.