How to Use tempt in a Sentence

tempt

verb

• If not, maybe you’re tempted to bring those boards to the dump.
  — Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
• Here’s a robe so stylish you might be tempted to wear it out of the house.
  — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 10 Mar. 2025
• The bottom line is – do not go out of your way to tempt fate.
  — Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 19 May 2021
• The bigger the field gets, the more people are tempted to hop in.
  — Matthew Yglesias, Vox, 17 Dec. 2018
• The point of the trip wasn’t to tempt fate or set a record, just to get away and explore a new area.
  — Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 14 June 2020
• No more late-night pings or dings that tempt you to check your phone.
  — Fox News, 29 Oct. 2023
• You may be tempted to fall back and go to sleep right then and there.
  — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 7 Mar. 2025
• If you’re tempted to copy Colman’s style, the key is to keep it sleek and close to the head.
  — Georgia Day, Vogue, 30 Nov. 2023
• In the face of this steep decline, the state tried a new tack to tempt those still on the fence: the prospect of cold, hard cash.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2021
• What to Pack: Leave the heels at home and don’t be tempted to overpack!
  — Kara Ladd, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 July 2018
• So not just any project could tempt her away from her home life.
  — Linda Marx, PEOPLE.com, 6 July 2022
• While you may be tempted to look at the eclipse with your bare eyes, don’t.
  — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2024
• The true customer of Big Slushie isn’t you, the slurper, but the C-stores who would tempt you to slurp.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2022
• Now that the first snow of the season has arrived, who hasn’t been tempted to do the same?
  — Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 30 Nov. 2019
• There are signs Trump has still been tempted to lash out.
  — Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 9 May 2024
• Our tester liked the Rogue H2 so much that he was tempted to add it to his own home gym.
  — Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2025
• The big band sound will tempt you off of your portable lawn chair.
  — Joan Rusek, cleveland, 2 Aug. 2021
• At the heart of the town, glowing bakeries tempt tourists to queue for a taste of the legendary Bakewell Pudding.
  — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
• There’s no need to spend a cent, although you might be tempted.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2024
• Who wouldn’t be tempted to change their mind a year later?
  — Vogue, 19 Sep. 2019
• Making a sudden change in your habits may tempt you at this time.
  — Chicago Tribune, 25 Oct. 2022
• You’ll be tempted to feed the grass, but that will only make things worse in a hurry.
  — Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 6 July 2018
• This incident is not the first time a tourist in Italy was tempted to leave their mark.
  — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 3 June 2024
• In some rivers, artfully casting dry flies is the best way to tempt a trout.
  — Jordan Rodriguez, idahostatesman, 29 June 2018
• In the book, there’s that great scene where Billy is sitting at the bar and he is very tempted to drink and doesn’t.
  — Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2023
• You’re definitely tempted to shop for pretty things.
  — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 18 May 2026
• You might not be tempted to jump in during the peak summer months, but this would be a welcome indulgence when cooler temps set in.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 May 2026
• But Roberts said he wasn’t tempted to have Ohtani hit Wednesday.
  — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
• This isn’t waving the white flag, but rather realizing that Time shouldn’t be tempted.
  — Candace Buckner, New York Times, 14 May 2026
• Could you be tempted into directing yourself one day?
  — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026