tantalize

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

Italy has one of the world’s oldest populations, including multiple pockets of centenarians who tantalize researchers searching for the fountain of youth.

From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2024

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

From National Geographic ● Sep. 19, 2023

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

This time, he tantalizes us with the milieu of nightclub self-expression and a group of regular amateurs Alex gets comfortable hanging with.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025

The possibility tantalizes the philosopher, but even more so the astronomer: planets around red dwarfs are easier to find than around any other type of star.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 14, 2023

The idea of an “all-female, gender-fluid, disability forward” staging of “Richard III” — as New York Classical Theater describes its new production of Shakespeare’s tragedy about the monstrously degenerate Plantagenet king — tantalizes.

From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2023

The result is a quick, comforting meal that tantalizes the taste buds.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 18, 2023

The atom provides an organizing principle for modern physics—and it tantalizes us with the prospect of controlling matter and energy.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

A multiday music festival on the beach is a SoCal dream that has tantalized and vexed concert promoters for generations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Because for as many people as Byrd tantalized during her legendary cable run through the ’80s and ’90s, there were just as many who were outraged and scandalized by her sex-positive, queer-inclusive values.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

Cancer vaccines have long tantalized and frustrated researchers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

I am far from alone in being tantalized by its promise.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2023

The possibility of that tantalized everyone, whether they liked football or not.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

More tantalizing than unnerving, “Yaga,” adapted by Kat Sandler from her very successful stage play, is an exercise in mischief.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

The growing popularity of these products hinges on a tantalizing hook: bond-like yield payments that may, in some cases, exceed 15% as a target.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

"I think the great significance of these findings, and the tantalizing picture that it promotes, is a great motivation and reason to further examine solid-state nitrogen physics at very low temperatures," Umurhan said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

Consider “Coyote vs. Acme” a tantalizing pile of popcorn in the median.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

She had heard about Stacie Perry’s parties, and the chance to go to one was tantalizing.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng