(n.) Hence, one who ministers to the evil designs and passions of another.
(v. t.) To play the pander for.
(v. i.) To act the part of a pander.
Example Sentences:
(1) "They are soul-less creatures pandering to the NRA ."
(2) While some might deride the deliberate mainstream branding and design, saying it panders to convention, this is exactly what Hannah feels her community needs.
(3) He added: "Why on earth is this useless Goverment pandering to Puffs?
(4) It displayed his immense talent for impressions, had simple but hilarious observations and was able to appeal to a diverse audience without pandering or carpet N-bombing as a punchline.
(5) But Baptiste never seems like he’s polemicising, still less that he’s pandering to the expectations of a mostly white audience.
(6) The film thus panders to the tendency of Germans to see themselves as victims of Nazism and war rather than perpetrators.
(7) It’s amazing to see a new generation of activists, who understand that we can no longer compartmentalise issues or pander to governments or industry to create the change we need.
(8) The Institute of Directors, meanwhile, said it was “astonished by the home secretary’s irresponsible rhetoric” and accused her of pandering to anti-immigration sentiment and putting internal party politics ahead of the interests of the country.
(9) Such pandering was a mistake because they would never be satisfied until Britain left the EU, McFadden argued.
(10) In Bristol he is expected to attack politicians who "pander to prejudice or xenophobia".
(11) As the neck of the latebra approaches the blastoderm, it flares out to become the nucleus of Pander.
(12) The Canadian government, which had lobbied hard for the project, said it was disappointed, and the oil industry accused Obama of pandering to his base.
(13) He had absolute control of a very rowdy crowd without pandering to them at all, and was so delightfully silly that it actually turned them into a pleasant bunch of people.
(14) Itʼs quite a feat when you think about it, to cast oneself as a great feminist crusader while you perfect the art of self objectification and then go on to spend your entire career pandering to the male gaze.
(15) Instead, this is empty rhetoric from a weak prime minister who is pandering to the backbenchers that forced out Andrew Mitchell."
(16) Consequently, the candidates and their remarks are seen as pandering to black voters.
(17) So everyone – from Cochran to McDaniel to the "Democrat" Childers – panders to those voters.
(18) Keita has promised to continue along these lines, but his campaign hinged on national honour and dignity, pandering to public opinion in the south openly hostile to any understanding with the forces that plunged Mali into chaos.
(19) She will, for example, remind the others if they play fast and loose on the immigration debate, that conceding ground to half truths and lies ultimately panders to prejudice.
(20) Why media-bashing should be such a popular pastime among key Republicans is relatively easily explained by reference to opinion surveys which suggest that the politicians are merely pandering to the prejudices of rightwing voters.
Tempt
Definition:
(v. t.) To put to trial; to prove; to test; to try.
(v. t.) To lead, or endeavor to lead, into evil; to entice to what is wrong; to seduce.
(v. t.) To endeavor to persuade; to induce; to invite; to incite; to provoke; to instigate.
(v. t.) To endeavor to accomplish or reach; to attempt.
Example Sentences:
(1) The identifiable causes of child drowning are absence of a safety barrier or fence around the water hazard, non-supervision of a child, a parental "vulnerable period", an inadequate safety barrier, and tempting objects in or on the water.
(2) As he sits in Athens wondering when the International Monetary Fund is going to deliver another bailout, George Papandreou might be tempted to hum a few lines of Tired of Waiting for You.
(3) Were it the latter, you'd think he'd change the angle, either by moving across the crease or going around the wicket, because it's clear his man won't be tempted.
(4) Although she was tempted to retreat from life, she realised she would have to force herself to live in as an imaginative way as possible.
(5) While it is tempting to speculate that sIL-4R might act as a serum carrier protein or serve to inhibit or modulate IL-4 action, specific biological roles for sIL-4R remain to be established.
(6) Goalkeeper Pepe Reina had arguably his worst season at Liverpool in 2011-12 and Rodgers may be tempted to bring Michel Vorm with him from Swansea City.
(7) So it must be very tempting to introduce "nudge" legislation.
(8) Suddenly he would be picking up speed, scurrying past opponents and, in one instance, slipping the ball through Laurent Koscielny’s legs for a nutmeg that was so exquisitely executed he might have been tempted to ruffle his opponent’s hair.
(9) I was sorely tempted but in the end I simply paid the fine.
(10) It is tempting to assume that the regulation of in vitro cell proliferation is determined by the balance between these antagonist stimulatory and inhibitory autocrine growth factors.
(11) It is tempting to suggest that Th2 cells which produce IL-5 and IL-6 tend to be predominant in mucosal effector regions, such as the salivary glands and LP tissues and account for the predominant IgA responses which characterize these tissues.
(12) Karol Mets had moved back from midfield to take Klavan’s position and it was tempting to wonder whether England’s night would be engulfed in frustration when Chambers picked out Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in the six-yard area and the substitute could not get a clean contact on his header.
(13) It is tempting to visualise the yawning gap between the real-life equivalents of the fictional Chatsworth Estate, where Shameless is set, and Green Templeton College, Oxford, where Walker works.
(14) No true evangelical ought to be tempted to give such tales any credence whatsoever, no matter how popular they become,” Johnson wrote.
(15) Lucas has stayed to fight for his place in recent seasons, and succeeded, but may reconsider that stance should a tempting offer materialise before 1 September.
(16) Just in case you are tempted to borrow from WongaNewcastle's new sponsor, here are 10 things it pays to remember: 1.
(17) These vary in quality, but some are tempting – so long as you have a good credit record.
(18) It is tempting to suggest that muscle weakness may be correlated with or based on the pathology in sarcomeres and the sarcotubular system.
(19) Receiving challenging feedback is painful for most people because we are all tempted either to be in love with what we are at the moment, or already beat ourselves up too much, so more challenge is tough to take.
(20) It is tempting to assume that these changes within the local immunocompetent cells are related to the therapeutic effect of bacillus Calmette-Guerin against bladder cancer.