Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: temptation
IPA transcription: [tɛmt'eɪʃən]
Pronunciations of temptation
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: temptation, enticement
    Meaning: something that seduces or has the quality to seduce
Usage examples
  • Sore beset by the pressure of temptation
  • What influences led him to resist this temptation?
  • And as I lay there ill and weak, the temptation came to yield.
  • If temptation were rare, a penal law might be deemed unnecessary.
  • "The temptation, as you call it, must be for a later consideration.
  • Was this the answer to all his prayers, "Lead me not into temptation"?
  • "I confess I yielded to temptation then, for I knew it could do no good.
  • "Yield to the temptation and you will bring mischief upon them--and on yourself also."
  • I almost wish I could shut myself up in a cell, and so get out of the reach of temptation.
  • If she loved some chap it would not be so hard, the temptation would not be so keen--to cheat her.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Monkey Gone to Heaven, License CC BY-SA 4.0