Sentence examples for tempted to assert from inspiring English sources

Since rights assertions suggest conclusive reasons, people can be tempted to assert rights when they want to end a discussion instead of continuing it.

Nestled snugly among the powerful, many of us are tempted to assert that the best always rise to the top -- and that those who do not reach the apex themselves are held back by lack of merit alone.

In an effort to avoid those realities, we can be tempted to assert control over the jobs that we are leaving -- by hanging on, by dictating to work for our successors, or by trying to insure that the work we have done will go unchanged.

Although it could be tempting to assert that frequent dispersion events between both banks were detected, this was probably not the case, given that diffusion events across the SFR may actually have taken place when the river occupied a different course.

Although it is tempting to assert that the emergence of PEPFAR indicates that a security frame can indeed bring about substantial commitment to global health issues, it is important to note that the way HIV/AIDS was framed had and continues to have (often negative) implications for the sustainability and success of the program.

Employees working in uninspiring jobs may be tempted to enact destructive behaviour as a source of stimulation, whereas individuals stressed out by heavy workloads may perpetrate bullying to cope with frustration or to assert personal control.

So, tempted to learn how to knit?

He was tempted to argue the point.

Or she would be tempted to drive.

You may be tempted to dance.

I was almost tempted to believe it.