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
A tantalising aroma of roast beef fills the air.
Her secrecy was one of the things that most excited him, being alone with his poupe provoked a tantalizing sense of collusion, rare for Linus, who had little time for others. The Forgotten Garden
There is enough here to deliver on the hype and this album is a tantalising glimpse of the future. The Sun
The malt's bouquet slowly presents a range of dry, tantalizing aromas, including nuts, honey and grain.
The tantalising pomme Anna consisted of Charlotte potatoes sliced, layered and caramelised with rosemary butter.
Sometimes in his room above he could hear her moving about, a tantalizing, faint, lovely noise.
As this brief synopsis should make clear, Viladesau's book is full of tantalizing lines of thought and many interesting sidetracks.
In some cases, such as the practical session on conductus, there is only a tantalisingly brief report, and, clearly, some interesting items were being worked up for presentation elsewhere.
The upcoming release slate is like a mirage, tantalizing us - just over the horizon, barely out of reach.
Despite the disastrous night prior, Devin still dwelt in a sublime state, mesmerised by tantalizing blue eyes and a rosebud mouth.
If this is the reason for children to await rainy season, the youngsters have their plans chalked out to counter the tantalising chill in the air.
Over this two - mile stretch, the massive sweep of the Junction Pool, with its lovely, choppy fly water at the throat and its tantalisingly glassy tail, is a sure thing at this time of year.
Ooooo who doesn't want to be called a tantalizing treat by Miss Snark! The Slush pile turns up a tantalizing treat
To add to the frustration, we are tantalisingly close to some blistering heat. Times, Sunday Times
Saturday's final will feature a tantalizing showdown between Tendulkar, the leading run scorer in cricket history, and Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan, the sport's all-time leading wicket-taker. Billingsley Shows Love for Los Angeles
The tantalising apple just above their heads is acceptance as a full member of the western world.
The formative years of a genius are a perennially fascinating and tantalising subject.
Free from the shackles of relegation, there was the tantalising prospect of uncaged tigers released to feast and relieve their frustration on the home side.
This is the tantalising choice you will be facing this week. The Sun
The first round of this tantalising tussle takes place on Wednesday. Times, Sunday Times
And new 19 - inch units offer such tantalizing features as sharper and more colorful displays.
The fantasy of oceans teeming with life is tantalisingly achievable. Times, Sunday Times
The beaches are serving up tantalisingly sumptuous platters of bronzed flesh.
That word "tantalising" is one you'll hear a lot from lunar geologists - although we can see the Moon every night, we still don't know what it's made of and have yet to prove categorically how it got there. Tantalising hint of knowledge
The malt's bouquet slowly presents a range of dry, tantalizing aromas, including nuts, honey and grain.
Like most X-Box scuttlebutt, the various elements of the leaked spec. are tantalisingly plausible - bloody obvious, if you think about it, possibly too obvious - but too vague to draw any real conclusions.
No details on how the couple will navigate these religious shoals have leaked out, just a few tantalizing hints -- such as Chelsea's attendance with Marc at Yom Kippur services last September at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, the flagship institute for Conservative Judaism. Chelsea Clinton Wedding Update: Will The Bride Convert?
she smiled at him tantalizingly
And it gives expectant parents a tantalising glimpse of their tiny bundles of joy. The Sun
So far, tantalizing reports of red and white-winged crossbills and pine grosbeaks remain just that: tantalizing, meaning just out of reach.
At this point it became dis-entangled with the leader and left us, the double line tantalizingly close.
A new and tantalising mystery emerged too, prompted by a set of initials found engraved on one of the cannon. Times, Sunday Times
The diary entries were tantalizingly brief.
The branch was tantalizingly out of reach.
The dessert cabinet, which contained an apple tart, cheesecake, strawberries and fruit salad, remained tantalisingly out of reach.
Those are the words of her husband - and they provide a tantalizing glimpse into the private life of a man whose public demeanor was that of an unbending, ruthless soldier.
After thus tantalizing me and taking my measure, he called a peon, whom I found to be an easy boss, and I was placed beside himself digging and shoveling, took his gait, which was much more easy than the Southern darkey. The adventures of two Alabama boys,
The game continues to attract young teenagers whose education is disrupted by the tantalising prospect that they will become professional players.
Tender veal held up to its thick blankets of crispy prosciutto, spinach, woodsy mushrooms and mozzarella in tantalizingly sweet Marsala sauce.
We are treated to a series of tantalizing trailers, with ads for Teenage Sex Kitten and The Dicktator as real standouts, and a gallery of sexploitation ad art.
I'm a great fan of cryptic crosswords, even though they are tantalisingly difficult.
David Smith was left tantalisingly not out one short of his ton.
The book treated in colourful detail the supposed survival into modern times of dinosaurs and ape-men - and included a tantalising line about bones being as easy to fake as a photograph.
Farther off, just below where the fountain slipped away from its marble hall and guardian gods, arose, from their beds of moss and drosera and darkest grass, the sisterhood of oleanders, fond of tantalizing with their bosomed flowers and their moist and pouting blossoms the little shy rivulet, and of covering its face with all the colours of the dawn. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection
Even the air was electric, edged with the tantalising tang of uncertainty, of the unexpected.
By a tantalising quirk of fate, the pair have been drawn to meet in the first round of the championship.
Her premera blue cross and child were unmarked, and a gag was amphiprostylar onshore her pervert and tantalising to a balancing. Rational Review
Richard Madeley said he was looking at some "tantalising" solo opportunities after fearing there is now little left for them to do together as broadcasters. Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World Telegraph
The corrected equations provided an adequate theory of super-dielectricity -- a theory with tantalizing hints about still other phenomena -- and gave the research team a precise idea of what they wanted in the way of crystal structure. Security
She didn't realize she would find the control he was exerting over her exciting and tantalizing.
This was my first tantalizing glimpse of the islands.
These terms should hang in the air, on the tip of my argument's tongue, tantalisingly unarticulated. Times, Sunday Times
I'm a great fan of cryptic crosswords, even though they are tantalisingly difficult.
Are you lusting for a tantalisingly Elizabethan experience, like only Willy Shake can provide?
It dangles a tantalising prize in front of the leadership candidates - a policy, and more importantly a symbol, that would forever banish the image of old-fashioned Conservatism.
You are warned that some of the art from an alien spaceship has escaped; you are advised to keep watching the shadows; given a code of gestures; you glimpse video of Matt Smith which tantalisingly breaks up as he is in the middle of issuing vital instructions; underfoot you will feel the cindery rubble of a 21st-century crash site and the soft, matted straw from a place in the 19th-century. That Day We Sang; The Crash of the Elysium; The Village Bike – review
The prospect is tantalising, but first it's time to get down to brass tacks.
The fallout is the delicious smell of burgers and soggy onions that wafts tantalisingly across a crowd estimated at 42,000 by Jakki.
Swashbuckling forward play which illuminated the gloomy wasteland of the National League has been rationed to tantalising glimpses.
a tantalizing aroma
Love sets up a tantalising choice between two people who are complete opposites. The Sun
tantalising" solo opportunities after fearing there is now little left for them to do together as broadcasters. Undefined
There was a cruel scar on her emotionless face, a tantalizing jumpsuit with armor covering the vitals, and a sense of power and ambition radiating from her.
but there is still a twilight zone, the tantalizing occurrences that are probably noise but might possibly be a signal
We're given a tantalising glimpse of Molnar's view on causality.
The question reflects both the tantalizing sense that somebody, somewhere, is working on an extraordinary breakthrough and the bedeviling suspicion that, whoever they are, they aren't turning up to do show-and-tells at big industry gabfests.
Instead, I embarked on a vinous calling to seek out and taste the great wines of Burgundy and the sublime but tantalising magic of the Pinot Noir grape.
You're just showing tantalizing glimpses of your uberflat tummy!
The shranding process started to get up my nose earlier this year when, in the marketing coup of the century, Target supplied all the tantalizing housewares and et ceteras to the Pagong and Tagi tribes on Survivor. I Visit the Target in Queens and the Gophers Are Groovy
While I am dedicated to sharing the most interesting, tantalizing, and conversation provoking info, I act as a true fan here and will remain reformed of the practice of posting ‘ruiners.’ The Tail Section » Lost Spoilers! The Latest Intel - Disinformation Watch! Lost Season 4 Previews?
The fuel cell cars featured in this issue hold out the tantalizing prospect of eliminating the automotive tailpipe, replacing smog-causing emissions with the drip of clean water.
As a result, the romantic dramas of Friends-Ross and Rachel, Monica and Chandler-were tantalisingly paradoxical.
Basic Dance concentrates on the fundamentals of belly dancing - tantalizing hip drops, shimmies, pulsating lower body moves, half-turns, wrist circles and shoulder movements.
His hands found my throat and his thumbs stroked it in smooth, tantalizing lines that sent electric thrills through my body.
He gives only tantalising glimpses of his relationship with his former sidekick, Maconie. Times, Sunday Times
[NED looks at her reproachfully.] [LORETTA looks back tantalisingly from doorway and disappears.] [NED flings himself disgustedly into Morris chair.] A WICKED WOMAN (A CURTAIN RAISER)
Scoop up the tantalizing layers of finest Basmati rice, melt-in-the-mouth pieces of meat, vegetables and channa and aromatic spices and herbs, right out of the traditional large ‘lagan’.
Ahron marveled at the bakeries, and the butcheries, enjoying the smell of fresh bread and pastries, as well as the sight of the tantalizing meat cuts.
He went tantalisingly close to levelling the game when two long range penalties shaved the outside of the posts.
Its palate features an array of tantalizing flavors that last long into the cool and crisp finish.
By a tantalising quirk of fate, the pair have been drawn to meet in the first round of the championship.
The kinfolk (including myself at times) would often take to reasoning with her (in addition to the tantalizing bouts of teasing) concerning this hairdo.
Not to mention, the idea of gigabit data flow is a tantalizing prospect indeed. Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The Future Now
I should have known: I'm using the word tantalizing in all seriousness. Bad hair day.
A tantalising childhood image was of nomad tinkers who came trailing families and children, and disappeared as suddenly beyond the horizon.
`And then," wound up the tantalizing Mary-Lou, `you'll be one large thrill from heels to head. ADRIENNE AND THE CHALET SCHOOL
The fantasy of oceans teeming with life is tantalisingly achievable. Times, Sunday Times
Between them, these two words offer a tantalising glimpse back into a much earlier world, where Saturn is not so much an astral entity but a chthonic one, a god of the earth and agriculture.
Although he's found that some players are less willing to risk losing prize money in the current economy, he's equally surprised by how many gamble on the tantalizing possibility of a valuable prize versus the risk of a "zonk," something silly and worthless. Undefined
Samba and tamale, signifyin and fufu, hora and matzoh ball, the gumbo of American culture is lush and tantalizing.
Mason's tantalising mention of "subsequent refortification" predating the medieval wall is also undated, so although it seems plausible to attach it to the burh of 907, it could be considerably earlier. Chester in the seventh century: the fortress defences
All the senior girls in the group were violating dress code with their miniskirts and above-the-midriff tops, and the guys were palming packs of cigarettes, hoping to appear illegally tantalizing.
To couple a tantalising proposition with an impossible one is not to promise anything at all. Times, Sunday Times
They are the detestation of the Trout bottom-angler, constantly nibbling away his bait, and tantalising him with vain hopes of a bite.
The third movement brought some much needed rhythmic excitement, while the fourth, with its extended "alap", or free solo section – elaborated with unshowy virtuosity by Shankar's daughter and pupil Anoushka – afforded a tantalising glimpse of the sitar's real magic. LPO/Murphy
What also remains a tantalising possibility is that two circles include a milestone as a marker.
The first round of this tantalising tussle takes place on Wednesday. Times, Sunday Times
The sun keeps almost shining but I think it is just tantalizing us and will not put in much of an appearance.
a tantalizing taste of success
The more adventurous can read tales of animals that seem tantalizingly out of reach on cryptozoologist Loren Coleman's Cryptomundo, a website specializing in tales of lake monsters, wild men living in the forest and other creatures whose existence remains unverified. Can Animals Save Mainstream Media?
Adding the tantalizing possibility of a Jeff-Annie romance just made the whole enchilada that much yummier. 'Community' recap: And it was good. | EW.com
The air smelled of cotton candy and popcorn, the fresh and tantalizing aromas of childhood.
Innovatively flavoured with tantalizing aromas and packed with exotic spices, the festival promises an enticing treat to all biryani buffs.
He was intrigued by an elusive and tantalizing little problem in elementary geometry known as the butterfly problem.
So anyway, the application form is still sitting in my bag, tantalisingly close to being gummed up and sent away.
With their bright acidity and tantalizing bitter edge, Italian wines are magnifico with meals. The World's Best Food Wines
On site was a huge amount of tantalising and succulent primed meat and the barbecued food was also tasty.
To add to the frustration, we are tantalisingly close to some blistering heat. Times, Sunday Times
And Mesdames and Messieurs could truly see what was in those tantalizing vitrines — the arcades were early converts to gaslight. Paris Under Glass
Like the Holy Grail, it is a dream, a tantalising illusion.
As tantalizingly similar as they may appear, enantiomorphs cannot be reconciled.
After a tantalising glimpse of this tranquil haven we were soon speeding back up the fjord. Times, Sunday Times
Some tantalising if preliminary results that could support this hypothesis also emerged this week. Times, Sunday Times
In their Hawk Jets they will perform manoeuvres including the 'apollo loop' a spectacular upside-down loop, the 'heart to double roll' and the 'twizzle', with the finale of the 'viken break' an incredible move that will see the jets zoom away in different directions in the shape of a fan after flying tantalisingly close together in a pyramid formation. Whitehaven News headlines
Flamenco is gypsy music, melded with Jewish and Arabic cadences - tantalising, vibrant and complex, occasionally haunting, dark and sorrowful, but always vivid and intense.
To couple a tantalising proposition with an impossible one is not to promise anything at all. Times, Sunday Times
There is a tantalising hint that the Royal Family was not above haggling for a bargain. Times, Sunday Times
Tantalizingly, they say that doing this would create "a market-based view of future output and the likelihood of severe shocks, " although they do not explain how this market would be structured.
Meanwhile, Corrie's new series producer Phil Collinson recently praised the slow-burning nature of Molly and Kevin's storyline and vowed to keep "tantalising" the audience with more twists to come. All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News
Such pieces are sometimes tantalisingly listed in inventories, but specific descriptive information about their precise shape, size, decoration, and origins is rarely provided.
The air smelled of cotton candy and popcorn, the fresh and tantalizing aromas of childhood.
Your crowd-pleasing, labour-light boeuf bourgignon is out; how on earth can you produce something both tantalising and easy to prepare? Times, Sunday Times
Its surprisingly short length is a cunning trick, since this tantalizing opening leaves you sitting on the edge of your seat wanting to hear a few more snippets.
Keeler and her pal Mandy Rice-Davies took part in posh orgies pimped out by a well-connected osteopath named Stephen Ward, who would later commit suicide during his trial for living partly or wholly on the proceeds of prostitution (unlawful under the Sexual Offenses Act of 1956) and leave tantalizing questions unanswered as to the scope and clientele of his alleged prostie ring. James Wolcott: Why Are British Sex Scandals So Much Better than Ours?
Six weeks ago, a flurry of announcements saw the promise of peace dangle tantalisingly before some of Africa's most wretched countries.
This is the tantalising choice you will be facing this week. The Sun
The game continues to attract young teenagers whose education is disrupted by the tantalising prospect that they will become professional players.
Ryan's moments of full body movement were fleeting and two short routines were tantalising in their restraint.
This single, tantalising insight makes one ache for the novelist's perceptiveness in this uninspiring, ghostwritten memoir. Times, Sunday Times
Even the book's tantalising denouement - proof that our hapless youth's feelings for Madame are not entirely unreciprocated - comes after she gets him to recite a line from Beckett's Endgame.
But details of the raid are still tantalisingly incomplete. Times, Sunday Times
One of life's tantalising questions is whether the biggest divvies among us have ever had any idea how awful they are?
An idyllic spot of woodland might hove into view, but tantalisingly only as a remote island in an ocean of ploughed fields.
I could almost smell freedom tantalizingly wafting past as I walked to my bus stop, my twenty-pound rollable backpack rumbling along behind me, carrying my textbooks.
The Daily Mirror has a Wicked Whispers section, where tantalising titbits of news are disseminated in teasers.
She recalls the tantalising dishes - suckling pig and chilli con carne - her mother would make for bands like Motorhead, Squeeze, Simple Minds and Bad Manners. WalesOnline - Home
He even hung by one hand, tantalizingly just beyond reach, and mocked them as they gnashed their tusks with impotent rage. CHAPTER III
By a tantalising quirk of fate, the pair have been drawn to meet in the first round of the championship.
The dessert cabinet, which contained an apple tart, cheesecake, strawberries and fruit salad, remained tantalisingly out of reach.
The trait has, however, been linked tantalizingly with an individual's ability to become absorbed in activities such as reading, listening to music or daydreaming.
Eventually the narrative reaches its climax and the tantalizing underworld of desire and fear destroys itself in an orgiastic frenzy of voyeurism, a chase with guns, violence, and an Oedipal parricide.
He'd haphazardly pulled his tuxedo trousers on, zipping the fly but leaving the button tantalizingly undone.
The show takes you back to childhood: the excitement of the fairground carousel, the tantalising mysteries of the circus tent.
There is a tantalising hint that the Royal Family was not above haggling for a bargain. Times, Sunday Times
A tantalising taster from new album Tomorrow. The Sun
After a tantalising glimpse of this tranquil haven we were soon speeding back up the fjord. Times, Sunday Times
She was wearing… something not quite like a jumpsuit, not a blouse or dress, but unlike any evening gown I had ever heard of: white and tantalisingly semi-transparent in places.
Like the Holy Grail, it is a dream, a tantalising illusion.
Columns supporting the roof were inlaid with elaborate, seemingly aimless designs; tantalizingly intricate, almost gaudy.
The formative years of a genius are a perennially fascinating and tantalising subject.
Her tantalising lines are delivered with as many vocal gymnastics as Jeff Buckley but she never sounds mannered or over the top.
There is enough here to deliver on the hype and this album is a tantalising glimpse of the future. The Sun
Less tantalizing is the heavily illustrated remainder of the book which has project descriptions and illustrations of large buildings erected in the city since Western influence returned, and unexecuted projects.
But details of the raid are still tantalisingly incomplete. Times, Sunday Times
They serve these juicy dogs with all the fixings along with a tantalizing array of soups, sandwiches, and snackables.
The butter taste was rich and tantalising, while the smoothness of the fresh cream and yoghurt mix was offset by a kick of almond and sultana.
For fifty minutes three times a week, I get (if the conditions are right) a tantalizing glimpse of the 'me' which is not currently multi-tasking as mom, wife, daughter, friend, carpooler, shopper, office manager, editor, lending librarian. The Zen of Swimming
A possible connection to Arnondusmatijs, though tantalizing, is probably coincidence, since Elandsfontein was a common name, given to at least eight other farms in addition to Kok's (L. Guelke RLR data). back Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa
The band has clearly finally learned the importance of teasing an audience to the limit, tantalising us with the possibility that they won't play the one we're all secretly longing for.
She has dropped tantalising nuggets of information, but these are vague and rare. Times, Sunday Times
I smiled, shrugged my shoulders in tantalizing repetition of my former action upon a like occasion and then answered brusquely: The Filigree Ball
By a tantalising quirk of fate, the pair have been drawn to meet in the first round of the championship.
We turned and were soon manoeuvring to get alongside the "Aquitania," but after very nearly giving her a bad bump we had to sheer off, and we have again anchored and wait for that tantalising wind to moderate. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde"
More tantalising, there was lamb's liver and onion or Italian-style meat balls.
I hear my first corncrake in a patch of irises by a roadside croft and spend a tantalising and unsuccessful half-hour trying to get a glimpse of it.
A new and tantalising mystery emerged too, prompted by a set of initials found engraved on one of the cannon. Times, Sunday Times
Little time is wasted on characters' backstories, or relationships; this is a movie for the fans, a tantalizing glimpse into a larger universe.
Their introduction to the United States began as a tantalizing but inchoate suggestion of opportunity.
I caught a tantalizing glimpse of the sparkling blue sea through the trees.
She had put on an emotional chastity belt which was every bit as tantalising to a man in love as a tactual appliance. THE IMAGE OF LAURA
He (or she, for this god could be tantalizingly androgynous) is said to have come from the East, with his maenads, fauns, satyrs, and wine lunacy.
Such workshops will allow scientists to turn conjectures based on one instrument's tantalizing results into conclusions based on many separate lines of evidence.
If a tailored coat does not appeal, there are a number of tantalising wraps of silk, lightweight cashmere and gauze in the shops at the moment, which will keep your top half looking pious in the pews.
She could make a meal of sun-dried fish or a bed in the snow; yet she teased them with tantalizing details of many-course dinners, and caused strange internal dissensions to arise at the mention of various quondam dishes which they had well-nigh forgotten. An Odyssey of the North
However, those matches involving the odd incisive break at breathtaking speed, where the ball invariably ends up in the back of the net, are something of a tantalising tease.
The image appears vignetted due to haze, with sharp features at the center fading to tantalizing blurriness near the edges.
The unselected four remain seated at the rear of the stage, tantalisingly voiceless. Times, Sunday Times
Alas, no predictable film noir classics with Bette Davis nor a camp singalong to The Sound of Music, but you'd be hard pushed not to find something tantalising in Glasgay!
One shows its promise in tantalizing flashes, the other blinds us with its reckless skill.
That busy line must be a cruel and tantalising reminder of lost freedom for the inmates of the upstate New York penitentiary.
To add to the frustration, we are tantalisingly close to some blistering heat. Times, Sunday Times
To couple a tantalising proposition with an impossible one is not to promise anything at all. Times, Sunday Times
The tantalising smell of roast tomatoes and red peppers is a taste of delights to come. Times, Sunday Times
When it turned up, the bhel poori was tantalisingly minted and just crunchy enough to pass muster.
But he reveals he is not going to give any "tantalising" details about secret operations. The Guardian World News
But hark, I hear another mirthful chortle from the professor and I'm off into the undergrowth again in search of another tantalising discovery…
NASA says it has made what it terms a tantalizing discovery about the planet Mars. CNN Transcript Dec 7, 2006
Book Description: A poignant, funny, blazingly original debut novel about sisterhood, the tantalizing dream of America, and the secret histories and hilarious eccentricities of families everywhere. BookBrowse Previews April Books
Kennedy also used the word "dignity" three times in his 2003 opinion throwing out the sodomy prosecution of two gay men, tantalizing liberals with the possibility that he will someday bless same-sex marriage. NYT > Home Page
The author states, "The presence of a morphologically variable caballine species widely distributed both north and south of the North American ice sheets raises the tantalizing possibility that, in spite of many taxa named on morphological grounds, most or even all North American caballines were members of the same species. Horsetalk.co.nz Headlines
The fusion food tickled my palate tantalisingly as I heaped satay and dim sums on my platter along with the wide variety of seafood and seaweeds.
She could make a meal of sun-dried fish or a bed in the snow; yet she teased them with tantalizing details of many-course dinners, and caused strange internal dissensions to arise at the mention of various quondam dishes which they had well-nigh forgotten. An Odyssey of the North
Rudy Giuliani, the mayor of New York and one of the heroes of the disaster aftermath, who spent a week tantalising voters with the prospect that he might run again for mayor, declared last night he would not run.
She prepares pap, rice, ‘idombolo’ and soup at home and braais chicken and beef on a gas stove at the stadium because ‘the tantalising smell of braaiing meat drives hungry supporters mad and entices them to sample my cuisine’.
I have the privilege of living in LA during this blamestorm (another of 2007's tantalizing top ten words) between writers and producers which is really simply the larger issue, writ locally and to a specific industry, of technology overrunning older systems mechanized by outdated business models. Paige Donner: W00t! W00t! W00t!
If these markings imply that readers were not all young town gallants ensconced in taverns or on the fringes of court, being lascivious, witty, and drunk, so does the tantalizing case of Leonard Wheatcroft.
Despite the dust storm, it landed on the surface and for a few tantalising moments started transmitting the first view from the Martian surface.
Then again, the gluttony factor is probably less to do with location than their all-new menu, stuffed to the margins with tantalising Italian scran.
Rabinyan presents us with a world in which Persian odalisques lie wistfully, like tantalising fruit, where a certain lyricism pervades the air.
Theoretical work from the 1990s suggests a tantalizing connection between inertia and zero-point energy.
A search of the 1870 census -- the first post-Emancipation census quickly uncovered twenty-three-year-old Prince Puryear with a tantalizing clue. Megan Smolenyak: Emmitt Smith: Who Do You Think You Are?
I spent time writing a song that was designed to be for a techno beat and the lyrics were tantalizing and seductive.
But the possibility that conditions for life existed in this solar system is tantalising. Times, Sunday Times
They only served to recall the tantalizing, broken bits that the records give of the picturesque life that was here -- of colonial pomp and savage dignity, of London trade and Indian barter, of English games and merriment, of colonial trials and tragedies: all this of which we know, yet know so little. Virginia: the Old Dominion
The twin girls represent new story ideas that have been tantalizing me.
Lost is a show that plays a risky game; tantalise and satisfy but while tantalising more, on and on, with continuous invention and a continuing danger of viewer burnout. Lost, in Transition
But it's almost too easy to groove on the known when you can discover an Andre Derain ( "Portrait of an Unknown Man Reading a Newspaper," 1914) that almost fools you into thinking it's a Modigliani; stunning portraits by Kees Van Dongen and Felix Valloton; Maurice Denis reminding you of relationships to Puvis de Chavannes; and endless other tantalizing cross-fertilizations. Art Inseparable From Politics
Columns supporting the roof were inlaid with elaborate, seemingly aimless designs; tantalizingly intricate, almost gaudy.
In any case, the covers themselves are pretty enough, and in a nice, sparkly yarn might even add a tantalizing “you can glimpse the zill, but you cannot touch it” piquance to the zill-dancing experience, or perhaps that is only for those who identify too closely with inanimate brass objects, not that we know anyone like that around here. Finger cymbals too loud? problem solved: crocheted zill covers « raincoaster
Within its pages lie some truly undiscovered gems and some tantalising clues towards finding your own piece of angling paradise.
A tantalising aroma of roast beef fills the air.
The butter taste was rich and tantalising, while the smoothness of the fresh cream and yoghurt mix was offset by a kick of almond and sultana.
The tantalising apple just above their heads is acceptance as a full member of the western world.
Later, a bog-standard gag about text-message jargon transposed to real life is made hilarious by the tantalising delicacy with which Merchant's doctor delivers bad news. Stephen Merchant: Hello Ladies – review
The tantalising luncheon menu featured a starter of lemon infused monkfish brochette with a bell pepper emulsion followed by a consomme of chicken raviolis.
She was tantalizingly out of reach.
The opportunities for travel have been regular and tantalising - from grouse shoots in Scotland to gun wielding in darkest Africa.
It's tantalizing, without a doubt, to think some of those Earths are in habitable zones," Marcy said. Scientists estimate tens of billions of Earth-size planets in Milky Way
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
Bronze Head is a photographic repository of sensuality, and its symmetric composition, its square format, its perfect body, and its tantalizing play of tone invoke the desire and longing of artist and viewer alike.
Those tantalizing domes, diners and lounge cars were just the company's lavish ‘limousine service’ to their proud new resort.
She went away disappointed after getting tantalisingly close to breaking the record.
The clarity and elegance of his great white room is spiced with a tantalising vista of dense foliage outside a large picture window. Times, Sunday Times
An undersupply has made these highly regarded vineyards tantalizing to second careerist refugees from San Francisco.
And Shane Warne, bowling into the strong breeze, broke with his norm and floated the ball up tantalisingly slow.
Over the past two decades, Gina Werfel has developed a way of painting that tantalizingly walks the line between landscape and abstraction.
Readers who have studied Romance languages other than Romanian will be able to see from the above that there are tantalising similarities between the language and, say, Spanish.
Don Crutchfield is a window-peeping kid private-eye within tantalizing reach of right-wing assassins, left-wing revolutionaries and the power-mongers of an incendiary era. Blood's A Rover by James Ellroy: Book summary
He's joined on a tantalising double bill by Jamie xx who, during the course of XOYO's lifetime, has gone from being the mussy-haired kid prodding the drum machine at the back of the xx to becoming one of the country's most in-demand remixers and DJs, well-versed in everything from bashment to disco. This week's new clubs previews
The still air is perfumed with the tantalising smell of golden roast chicken baking on a spit - it is a scene from 20 or, then again, maybe 30 years ago.

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