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irresistible

/ˌɪɹ.ɪˈzɪs.tə.bəl/ adjective B2
  1. Impossible to resist.
  2. Compellingly attractive.
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But it did look so beautiful, Marilla, when I pinned it on my breast that I was overcome by an irresistible temptation.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 99 · C1
I did pretty well until I put the pie in, and then an irresistible temptation came to me to imagine I was an enchanted princess shut up in a lonely tower with a handsome knight riding to my rescue on a coal-black steed.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 162 · C1
But somehow it’s hard to carry out your resolutions when irresistible temptations come.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 196 · C1
In a trice I saw myself with beautiful raven-black hair and the temptation was irresistible.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 215 · C1

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