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Meanings of tantalizing in English
Synonyms
Examples for "tempting"
Examples for "tempting"
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Europe is seen as tempting as financial and political uncertainties have diminished.
2
The present situation is a tempting one for an incoming strategy guru.
3
As tempting as forcing the issue might be, I couldn't risk it.
4
It's tempting to shrug off such red ink as a temporary problem.
5
For some powerful interests, the rule of force, not law, remains tempting.
1
For a tantalising 24 hours last weekend Tottenham experienced something totally new.
2
Fortunately, in just the last few months, astronomers have made tantalising progress.
3
The first provides the first tantalising evidence about how gravity shapes spacetime.
4
Now all must be raised to the same tantalising and preposterous level.
5
There are also tantalising clues in the customs found in the countryside.
Usage of tantalizing in English
1
The sight of the Mexican force in the afternoon became absolutely tantalizing.
2
For animals that need never surface, obscurity can be even more tantalizing.
3
She enjoyed tantalizing men with promises of freedom in exchange for Pleasures.
4
And yet there was something peculiarly fascinating and tantalizing in the situation.
5
Read on to get Wired.com's take on 2012's most tantalizing motion pictures.
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The evidence for an infectious agent is tantalizing but not yet convincing.
7
You are tantalizing; you cannot expect me to be devoid of curiosity.
8
Despite the tantalizing finding, Seracini had to abandon his project in 1977.
9
The final section on Fischer's life was tantalizing, yet even more mystifying.
10
The filbert has been one of our tantalizing species of nut trees.
11
And the thought that everyday existence is a computer-generated illusion is tantalizing.
12
The sight of their joining was titillating, tantalizing, and driving her higher.
13
He had now the most tantalizing and original of Guido's accompanied recitatives.
14
Glenister now lost steadily, not in large amounts, but with tantalizing regularity.
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There was a tantalizing point of romance and mystery to all this.
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For downright, tantalizing cheerfulness there was no one to equal the night-watchman.
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
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