Sentence examples for temptation to make a from inspiring English sources

"The temptation to make a fool of myself would have been enormous," he said.

There is a temptation to make a controversy out of Nailon's impact on the Knicks.

Alfred Molina bravely resists the temptation to make a monster out of Orton's lover and eventual murderer, Kenneth Halliwell.

That helps him resist the temptation to make a quick buck and allows him to think in terms of decades rather than quarters.

The temptation to make a loud statement in this, the first new production of Verdi's La traviata at Glyndebourne in over 25 years, must have been enormous.

Last weekend, and avoiding the temptation to make a lugubrious thematic connection, I attended my first and probably last Dutch Classical Music Meeting.

And goodbye to my own childhood home on Main Street, which happened to be on the market as we left town, and where I stopped to take a quick look, resisting mightily the temptation to make an offer.

The average bridge player knows in theory that he or she should avoid playing too quickly at the first trick, but the temptation to make an obvious play is often irresistible.

As the pressure for a decision increases, the temptation to make an impulsive decision also increases.

At least this removes the temptation to make all of the Irishmen tousle-haired broth-of-a-boy rural charmers.

Best of all, she's managing only on the field; she'll have no temptation to make any trades.