tantalized

Example Sentences

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Cancer vaccines have long tantalized and frustrated researchers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

The prospect of Latino voters coming to the polls in numbers proportional to their 40% share of the state’s population and transforming local and state races has tantalized activists and analysts for years.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2023

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

From Slate • Aug. 4, 2023

And across Washington’s voluntary workouts and mandatory minicamp, the 23-year-old has closely resembled the player that tantalized coaches and teammates a year ago.

From Washington Times • Jun. 11, 2023

The business of the mattress box was one of the things that most tantalized Dewey.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote