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Discover LudwigThe phrase "tempting to answer" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a question or situation that provokes a strong desire to respond or provide an answer.
Example: "The question posed was so intriguing that it was tempting to answer immediately, despite the lack of information."
Alternatives: "alluring to respond" or "inviting to reply."
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It is tempting to answer: insatiable curiosity.
It is tempting to answer as the biologist George Williams has: a very bad god.
"Which book changed your life?" is a question it's tempting to answer with a shrug; the truth is, books can seldom do that by themselves.
It would be tempting to answer with the old truism if it weren't so impossibly ambiguous: We are what we eat.
Kay Hammond, Surrey County Council's cabinet member for community safety, said: "It may be tempting to answer a call or check your Facebook while driving, but it is a huge distraction and the consequences can be devastating.
I know it's tempting to answer the question of whether or not we should stay together for the kids with a simple "yes".
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I am acutely tempted to answer, "Of course not — my father would not want heroic measures".
This season moviegoers might be tempted to answer that question with one name: Takeshi Kitano.
"She never wants to be near the possibility" of being tempted to answer it.
Am tempted to answer, but saved by imagined headline of MP in dock on dangerous driving charge.
"I feel tempted to answer 'Stay away – we don't want you and your miserable attitude here'.
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