Appeal to dictator's worked on a short-term basis

Usage examples of tempt.

Initially Roger had been tempted by the idea of such affluence, but after making the acquaintance of the most undesirable Miss Grimbald, he had decided marrying her would be too great a sacrifice for him to endure beyond the measure of an hour.

The Excession is still the more important matter, but its appearance and the possibilities it may open up have been used by the conspiracy to tempt the Affront into initiating hostilities.

Constantine, to whose sons they had engaged their allegiance by an oath of fidelity, which the ingratitude of his most favored servants had tempted them to violate.

Clovis, their friend and proselyte, had privately tempted the allegiance of his brother.

Grumbler stopped again, momentarily confused, angrily tempted to lob a magnapult canister across the broken terrain toward the impact, but the emissary ear reported no physical movement from the area.

It is tempting to surmise that a culture chooses its most reviled species for ballistics research.

There was no reason for Blizzard to be such a hardass over this, and Chee was tempted to tell him so.

After all, they are subjected to the massive brainwashing, and why would any of us be tempted to try those first experimental cigarettes unless we suspected that there was some pleasure or prop?

How tempting, how tantalizing, Bree thought, wishing it had come ages ago without prompting, without the need to rectify their undeclared war on each other.

Once he was armed again Soldier was tempted to put on the brigandine for protection and begin slaying the owners of the fort.

Even those once known to support that right above all others had been browbeaten and tempted by preferment to adopt a different attitude.

He had been tempted for one volcanic second to stab Stephen with the dagger which he always carried under his burnous and embroidered vest, but a lightning-flash of reason bade him hold his hand.

For a wild moment, she was tempted to try her new hypnotherapy technique on him.

After five years of a kingdom-wide war, you know that his realms must be aswarm with veteran soldiers, and Zastros is offering them anything that he feels might tempt themamnesties and lands to nobles who fought against him, manumissions to escaped slaves, excellent wages to mercenaries, and mountains of loot for all.

He was tempted to order his driver to stop the jeep so he could show Manzo what happened to underlings who chronically complained, but he refrained for two reasons.