tantalizing

[ US /ˈtænəˌɫaɪzɪŋ, ˈtæntəˌɫaɪzɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. very pleasantly inviting
    a tempting repast
    a tantalizing aroma
  2. arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach
    a tantalizing taste of success
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How To Use tantalizing In A Sentence

  • The tantalising smell of roast tomatoes and red peppers is a taste of delights to come. Times, Sunday Times
  • The jagged rock he'd sought was three feet up the incline, inviting, tantalizing him with its nearness.
  • Even if you knew some delicious, salacious gossip, some tantalising indiscretion, to let it slip would feel like treason.
  • With its elegiac note of a civilisation falling apart while two old men continue their moves toward checkmate, the story is a luminous exploration of a culture that is both realisable yet tantalisingly intangible.
  • He means that death repeals the whole implied adventure of being missing, and a certain tantalising ambiguity enters the picture.
  • This is the tantalising choice you will be facing this week. The Sun
  • Napped with melted butter, and scented with rosemary and mint, that kebob had a tantalizing flavor.
  • The hotel is built on the ruins of a Byzantine chapel and you can get a tantalising glimpse of it through the glass floor of the lobby. The Sun
  • But no, it would be more tantalizing to wait, the speed whetting their appetites. DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
  • As such, it is accorded special procedural shortcuts: it requires only a simple majority vote in both chambers of Congress, and, tantalizing from the administration’s standpoint, Senate rules permit just twenty hours of debate, so the bill can’t be filibustered. Take Two: Hillary's Choice
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