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Meanings of tantalizing in English

Very pleasantly inviting.

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Usage of tantalizing in English
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The sight of the Mexican force in the afternoon became absolutely tantalizing.
The Texan Star: The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty
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For animals that need never surface, obscurity can be even more tantalizing.
A short history of nearly everything
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She enjoyed tantalizing men with promises of freedom in exchange for Pleasures.
The Plains of Passage
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And yet there was something peculiarly fascinating and tantalizing in the situation.
A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's, and Other Stories
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Read on to get Wired.com's take on 2012's most tantalizing motion pictures.
Wired
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The evidence for an infectious agent is tantalizing but not yet convincing.
Pubmed
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You are tantalizing; you cannot expect me to be devoid of curiosity.
Love under Fire
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Despite the tantalizing finding, Seracini had to abandon his project in 1977.
Reuters
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The final section on Fischer's life was tantalizing, yet even more mystifying.
The marks of cain
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The filbert has been one of our tantalizing species of nut trees.
Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At T...
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And the thought that everyday existence is a computer-generated illusion is tantalizing.
Wired
12
The sight of their joining was titillating, tantalizing, and driving her higher.
Deadly little secrets
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He had now the most tantalizing and original of Guido's accompanied recitatives.
Cry to heaven
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Glenister now lost steadily, not in large amounts, but with tantalizing regularity.
The Spoilers
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There was a tantalizing point of romance and mystery to all this.
The Queen of Sheba, and My Cousin the Colonel
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For downright, tantalizing cheerfulness there was no one to equal the night-watchman.
The Home of the Blizzard / Being the Story of the Australasian A...
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