🍰tempt

verb
/tɛmpt/

Meaning

to entice or attract someone to do something, often something wrong or unwise

Example Sentences

The smell of fresh bread tempted him to enter the bakery.

Example Expressions

tempt fate

Synonyms

entice, lure, attract, seduce, persuade

Antonyms

deter, repel, discourage

Collocations

tempt someone, tempt fate, tempting offer, hard to tempt

More Example Sentences

They attempted to reach the office before the storm.

She attempted to learn driving, but she got nervous.

We attempted to fix the schedule, but time was short.

I attempted to solve the issue, but it returned later.

A boy learns to tie a necktie for a school event with help from his older brother who stands behind him in front of the bathroom mirror and shows him the steps slowly, one loop at a time while the boy watches carefully and tries to follow along and after several messy attempts that make them both laugh

A boy learns to tie a necktie for a school event with help from his older brother who stands behind him in front of the bathroom mirror and shows him the steps slowly, one loop at a time while the boy watches carefully and tries to follow along and after several messy attempts that make them both laugh he finally gets a neat, straight knot

A woman learns to drive a car at the age of thirty-five after depending on public transport for years and enrolls in a driving school near her home where an instructor teaches her the basics like steering, braking, and checking mirrors and she practices in a quiet parking lot every weekend gaining more confidence with each lesson until she passes the driving test on her second attempt

A boy learns to tie a necktie for a school event with help from his older brother who stands behind him in front of the bathroom mirror and shows him the steps slowly, one loop at a time while the boy watches carefully and tries to follow along and after several messy attempts that make them both laugh he finally gets a neat, straight knot then checks himself in the mirror with a proud grin

A boy learns to tie a necktie for a school event with help from his older brother who stands behind him in front of the bathroom mirror and shows him the steps slowly, one loop at a time while the boy watches carefully and tries to follow along and after several messy attempts that make them both laugh he finally gets a neat, straight knot then checks himself in the mirror with a proud grin and walks to school feeling grown-up and ready for the ceremony.

A woman learns to drive a car at the age of thirty-five after depending on public transport for years and enrolls in a driving school near her home where an instructor teaches her the basics like steering, braking, and checking mirrors and she practices in a quiet parking lot every weekend gaining more confidence with each lesson until she passes the driving test on her second attempt and finally drives her children to school by herself for the first time.

Related Vocabularies

to break or fail to comply with a rule, law, or agreement
to conceal one's true motives, feelings, or beliefs; to pretend
to cut or chop roughly; to gain unauthorized access to a computer system
to discuss something important or to grant or bestow something
to make something magnetic or to strongly attract
To take in and understand fully; to absorb and integrate into a larger whole.

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