tempt
verb (used with object)
to entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise, wrong, or immoral.
am tempting
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present progressiveof tempt (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Then, like the lightning flashing round him, came a flash within him: "I am tempting God!"
From The Saint by William Roscoe Thayer
Pray don't suppose that I am tempting you to break faith with my aunt!
From The Fallen Leaves by Wilkie Collins
If truth is temptation, I am tempting you, for I am showing you the truth.
From Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 by J. André Castaigne
Now," he said, "read that account of a case, which has—as I believe—a direct bearing on your own position, and on the experiment which I am tempting you to try.
From The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
