Example Sentences

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If you ask for a $10,000 raise and they respond that this isn’t a salary they offer, it will be tempting to bring up the executive assistant’s salary.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026

But it will be tempting to hit driver which must fly 300 yards to cover a creek, with two bunkers guarding the green and the water on the right.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2023

It will be tempting for any company with as much data access as a cell carrier to make some money off your information.

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2022

In seeking these answers it will be tempting to default to obsolete habits and assumptions, which will often bring neither salvation nor safety.

From Salon • Oct. 18, 2021

Besides, you will be tempting Providence to kill you before you come to the best. 

From The Note-Books of Samuel Butler by Butler, Samuel