Example Sentences

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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 Collins, Wilkie

If truth is temptation, I am tempting you, for I am showing you the truth.

From Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 by Castaigne, J. André

Pray don't suppose that I am tempting you to break faith with my aunt!

From The Fallen Leaves by Collins, Wilkie

Then, like the lightning flashing round him, came a flash within him: "I am tempting God!"

From The Saint by Thayer, William Roscoe