Here is the item:
A tantalizing smell had drawn
Richard to the edge of his neighbor's yard. Finally, temptation
winned, and he
crept across the lawn to the
open window, where he spied chocolate-broccoli muffins cooling on the kitchen
counter.
The second verb, winned, is the problem. As you know, the sentence requires the simple past. Won is the correctly spelled form.
| Verb | Simple Present |
Simple Past |
Past Participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| win | win(s) | won | won |