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  • The entourage grew, while temptation's tongue spoke with more venom than the Butcher of Bilbao's spit.

    Alan Black: In Praise of Maradona 2010

  • July 10, 2005 11: 09 AM renata said ... aargh! just when I had decided to stay out of temptation's way.

    Happy Birthday Penguin Sharon Bakar 2005

  • And those people, the temptation's going to be great to take up arms to contest the elections again through violence.

    CNN Transcript Oct 5, 2006 2006

  • I'm going to shift the Land Rover, put it out of temptation's way.

    The Distant Echo McDermid, Val 2003

  • "This" - Cromwell kicked the chest - -is the safest place on the ship, and if one of my passengers is carrying valuables then I want those valuables out of temptation's way.

    Sharpe's Trafalgar Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2000

  • And Jett, listening to the back door slam almost off its hinges, eyed the bourbon bottle for a speculative moment, then capped it tightly and put it out of temptation's way.

    Wild Blood Horton, Naomi 1997

  • I gaze into the doorway of temptation's angry flame And every time I pass that way I always hear my name.

    EVERY GRAIN OF SAND Dylan, Bob, 1941- 1981

  • O from how many delusions of my own seeking; how many snares and nets of my own weaving; how many pits of my own digging, hast thou delivered me, when wandering, bewildered, on temptation's ground, in the cloudy dark day.

    The Power of Faith Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham. Isabella Graham

  • At that big Steve caught his breath and put his hungry arms behind his back out of temptation's way and said huskily, "Oh, Bonnie, girl, just try me!"

    Green Valley Katharine Reynolds

  • Then I saw him again in the morning, reaping temptation's bitter reward in the agonies of his drunk-sick; and like Mark Twain's boat in a storm,

    Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales Robert L. Taylor

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