Sentence examples for severe temptation from inspiring English sources
This is especially telling because, unlike rats, we care about our waistlines, which keeps some of us in check even in the face of severe temptation.
After a series of severe temptations, Homer crashes the bike as hundreds of bottles of Duff parachuted down on him from a blimp.
College-age men were asked about their boyhoods: What was your severest temptation?
"Once you have done this once, even though it was in a severe crisis, the temptation will be for people to figure that in the next crisis you'll do it again.
In severe downturns the temptation to throw up barriers is almost irresistible: protect domestic industries by raising the cost of imported goods and services and keep jobs in America.
In the 1930s, as now, in the face of severe economic affliction the temptation was strong to turn inward, to "put our own house in order" and tend to the international neighborhood later.
Symptoms include feelings of isolation, a strong temptation to lash out at company I.T. workers, and severe longing, not unlike drug withdrawal.
"There's a temptation for the current generation particularly in the rich countries to take benefits now and pass the severe costs on to the future," he said.
The temptation was understandable.
