6 sentences with 'temptation'
Example sentences and phrases with the word temptation and other words derived from it.
• « According to Athanasius, normal life was full of temptation, greed and sin, and that the holiest life was therefore one that rejected it completely in favour of prayer and meditation away from human company. »
• « Biblical accounts taught that women were inherently more gullible and sinful, with Eve's temptation in the Garden of Eden both the origin and the model of female wickedness. »
• « When people died, their families and friends were supposed to come to see them, inoculating all present against the temptation to enjoy life too much and encouraging them to focus more on preparing their souls for the afterlife. »
• « Later Popes succumbed to the temptation to sell indulgences to raise revenue, especially as Renaissance-era Popes built up their own secular power and patronised the art and architecture associated with the Vatican. »
• « In turn, middle-class women suffered the consequences when their husbands, succumbing to the temptation of prostitution, brought sexually transmitted diseases into the middle-class home. »
• « The dolphins came one after the other, leaping and frolicking as if inviting us to play with them according to their own rules. I resisted the temptation to speed up the boat to accept the challenge of competing in a race. I have tried to do that from time to time, only to learn again that these agile creatures can easily overtake most boats when they move their tail fins a little faster. »