Example Sentences

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It had been tempting to wonder exactly what kind of midfielder-in-the-making he is.

From The Guardian • Dec. 16, 2020

The impulse to drop the May-Johnson bill's loop over the beast's head, tie him to the corral fence and scramble for cover had been tempting.

From Time Magazine Archive

He seemed to feel that he had been tempting Providence by his bold speech, and even expressed his regret to Tom for what he had said.

From The Soldier Boy; or, Tom Somers in the Army A Story of the Great Rebellion by Optic, Oliver

In the elevation of the moment the trivial pleasures that had been tempting him became mean and unworthy.

From A Mountain Europa by Fox, John

Ruth flew to the little mountain stream, the dashing sound of whose waters had been tempting her, but a moment before, to seek forgetfulness in the deep pool into which they fell.

From Ruth by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn