tantalizing
Example Sentences
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The company’s bridge loans looked tantalizing to asset-based lenders, who were hungry for more investments to put in their funds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
And yet the prospect of using origami to improve existing technologies is, for some, tantalizing.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026
They’re inspiring and tantalizing, each salad photo a beautiful showcase of visual media at its finest.
From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026
There were tantalizing glimpses in the second half against Iowa.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026
Then I turned to the second chapter, the one about Prince Humperdinck and the little kind of tantalizing description of the Zoo of Death.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.