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tempted - definition and meaning
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verb tempt .
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Trouble was, I had an old black crow roosting in my brain as well, telling me such a name tempted fate to do its worst.
Heaven V.C.Andrews 1985
Trouble was, I had an old black crow roosting in my brain as well, telling me such a name tempted fate to do its worst.
Heaven V.C.Andrews 1985
Trouble was, I had an old black crow roosting in my brain as well, telling me such a name tempted fate to do its worst.
Heaven V.C.Andrews 1985
Trouble was, I had an old black crow roosting in my brain as well, telling me such a name tempted fate to do its worst.
Heaven V.C.Andrews 1985
I would almost be tempted is not for the contempt she has shown for her readership.
7 Things That Could Go Wrong On Election Day - Swampland - TIME.com 2008
If the man is sane, healthy, and merely a trouble-maker, he should be paddled until the impression left upon his memory will be sufficient to deter him when he is again tempted to take advantage of his superior strength, to injure another.
Prison Progress 1922
He said many thought the word tempted out of place amid so many horrors, but that it held its true position, since few things could cause such anguish to a Christian heart as even a suggestion of infidelity to its Lord.
The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss Prentiss, George L 1882
The expression tempted me to address her, and I said I hoped she was quite well.
A Traveller in Little Things 1881
Every man, when tempted , is so through being drawn away of (again here, as in Jas 1: 13, the Greek for "of" expresses the actual source, rather than the agent of temptation) his own lust.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871
[96] The word tempted here includes, of course, all trials of soul and body, such as sorrow, pain, anguish, as well as what we commonly call temptation: but it is to this last that we will now confine ourselves.
Sermons. Volume the Second. 1808-1892 1848
amphiboly commented on the word tempted
The first example for tempted reads:
First, it is taken from a comment to the cited TIME column, and this should be indicated. Second, the word is is clearly incorrect, and would better be followed by sic.
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Rik
December 28, 2010
bilby commented on the word tempted
Quick, click tempted-sic, Rik!
December 28, 2010