Example Sentences

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Or is there a flood of anguish that leaves his position untenable and tempts one of the challengers to go for it?

From BBC • May 10, 2026

The sunk-cost fallacy tempts people to pay escalating premiums because they’ve paid in for so long.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

Wigler noted that the promise of hitting goals fast with AI tempts tech start-up teams already prone to long workdays to lose track of time and stay on the job even deeper into the night.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

But this is a delicate business, and the administration tempts chaos unless it learns to exercise its power with a lot more finesse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

It was a dull gray day, the sort that tempts you to sleep the morning away.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn