tantalize

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Recent Examples of tantalize Dig in: The menu, styled as a vinyl record jacket, features classic and bespoke cocktails in the $15 range, plus a handful of tantalizing appetizers and mains. Sam Allard, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025 Gallot reminds us sternly that although Père-Lachaise is tantalizing for sightseers, filmmakers, taphophiles (people fascinated with epitaphs) and local flaneurs, its primary raison d'être is as a working cemetery, a place of comfort for the bereaved. Heller McAlpin, NPR, 28 Apr. 2025 Their odd-couple pairing became a magnificent slow burn of hatred into grudging respect into genuine affection, making for a tantalizing will-they-won't-they. Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2025 The movie’s exotic title is the name of a peculiar and venerable pitch, a high-arcing floater that seems easy to hit but instead may tantalize batters. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tantalize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tantalize
Verb
  • If you’re still intrigued by waterbeds, consider going to Pittsburgh to try one out before purchasing!
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 May 2025
  • He’s particularly intrigued by an actress who has a real-life boyfriend, but can get into a character enough to feel something like love in a fictional scenario.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 12 May 2025
Verb
  • Knowledge can excite wonder but so too can a joking voice, a sympathetic gesture and an unforeseen act of kindness.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
  • The work’s prospect for enhancing our understanding of gravitational-wave sources excites scientists who are gearing up for this new wave of detectors.
    Ramin Skibba, Scientific American, 13 May 2025
Verb
  • And that authenticity shows on screen, with a bounty of classic cars and thrilling racing sequences.
    James Mercadante, EW.com, 20 May 2025
  • Ward, incidentally, was thrilled that the Titans signed his former UM teammate, receiver Xavier Restrepo, as an undrafted free agent.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 19 May 2025

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“Tantalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tantalize. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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