temptation

• The Professor's feelings may be imagined, and he himself said he never felt the desire to commit murder till then,- that the temptation was almost too strong for him, and he was obliged to beat a hasty retreat Fairgreve's Menagerie. —  MY STRANGE PETS AND Other Memories of Country Life
• Once again the temptation was there, to have her do things which his aching flesh craved. —  Harlequin Presents 2151 - The Blackmailed Bridegroom by Miranda Lee
• The traditional locality of the temptation is a mountain near Jericho called Quarantana , see AndLOL 155; the tradition seems to date no further back than the crusades. —  The Life of Jesus of Nazareth
• If only we would be more focused on the spiritual †"learning more, observing more, giving more charity especially when the temptation is there to cut back â€" then the material would take care of itself. —  Chabad.org Weekly Magazine [ Korach 5769 - June 26, 2009 ]
• On the night of the English debates, the temptation is already enormous to watch Biden and Palin duke it out instead of tuning into the Canadian election. —  GPC - PVC

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