tantalize

Example Sentences

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I wish the same could be said about his overlong dream-logic interludes, which tantalize as peeks into Frankie’s psyche but eventually feel like style filler.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025

To tantalize and tease prospective viewers, the marketing team behind “Babygirl” has leaned all the way in, emphasizing the movie’s Christmas Day release in promotional materials that demand audiences “get everything you want” this holiday.

From Salon • Dec. 30, 2024

No matter the answer, Gef has continued to vex and tantalize for decades.

From National Geographic • Sep. 19, 2023

The approach, which takes its name from a golf maxim, calls for bare-bones trial proceedings stripped of flourishes that may tantalize the public but can distract a jury.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2021

The dense brown forest on either side never seemed to vary, and ahead there was only a new bend in the river to tantalize her.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare