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tantalizing

[tan-tl-ahy-zing] / ˈtæn tlˌaɪ zɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
enticing
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
WEAK
beautiful mouthwatering


Example Sentences

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Ultimately, TYG is a tantalizing bet for anyone interested in the long-term bull case for AI energy infrastructure.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

But then, he flashed the tantalizing potential that the Dodgers saw when they signed him before last season.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

And yet the prospect of using origami to improve existing technologies is, for some, tantalizing.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

This elusive, tantalizing novel aims for the effect of the raga—to conjure “the sadness, the richness, the pleasure of the waiting and the wandering.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

This time it was a subtle promise, a tantalizing hint of beauty still withheld, a beckoning to her spirit to follow she knew not where.

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




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