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tantalization

[tan-tuhl-ahyz-ay-shuhn] / ˌtæn təl aɪzˈeɪ ʃən /


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Colleges with no V12 windfall, with or without an A-12 tantalization, had the choice of supporting teams of 4-Fs and 17-year-olds or giving up.

From Time Magazine Archive

There are few things more difficult to bear than what Scotch people so expressively term “tig-tire,” or excessive tantalization.

From As We Sweep Through The Deep by Gordon Stables

The sand hills were a constant tantalization; she loved them better than anything near Moonstone, and yet she could so seldom get to them.

From The Song of the Lark by Willa Sibert Cather

The main secret of Bulwer then reveals itself, like that of flirtation, to reside in the art of tantalization.

From The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. by Various

"How long are you going to be at home?" he asked—another dastardly tantalization.

From Andrew the Glad by Maria Thompson Daviess


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