tempt
C1UK /tempt/US /tempt/
Meaning
verb
to attract somebody or make somebody want to do or have something, even if they know it is wrong
“tempt somebody, I was tempted by the dessert menu.”
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“I might be tempted to envy people who can live that way, except that I do not think they have any fewer nightmares than I do.”
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I might be tempted to envy people who can live that way, except that I do not think they have any fewer nightmares than I do.
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