tantalization
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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
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"How long are you going to be at home?" he asked—another dastardly tantalization.
From Andrew the Glad by Daviess, Maria Thompson
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 Stables, Gordon
It must not be so crushing as to be a positive humiliation, nor must it be by so fine a margin as to constitute itself a tantalization.
From Mushrooms on the Moor by Boreham, Frank
Wonderment as to the next move partook less of deep anxiety than of the tantalization of guessing at a riddle with the answer always just eluding you.
From The Long Roll by Johnston, Mary