How to Use tantalizing in a Sentence

tantalizing

adjective
  • The Rangers have the No. 4 overall pick, with a number of tantalizing prospects on the board.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 29 June 2023
  • And over by the tree line, the most tantalizing wheat beckons like a desert mirage.
    Mitch Smith, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Each holds a tantalizing apple, plucked from the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
  • And this sample is much more tantalizing than the first one.
    Loren Grush, The Verge, 11 July 2019
  • Nomar Mazara is one of the most tantalizing bats on the Detroit Tigers.
    Jules Posner, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Bol then went on to run the third-fastest time ever in the event last month, setting up a tantalizing clash at these Games.
    NBC News, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Any one of them on its own with a bit of sea salt and olive oil makes a tantalizing afternoon snack.
    Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 25 July 2023
  • If that's not tantalizing enough, some of the questions can't be answered for decades more.
    Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 5 July 2018
  • If that’s not tantalizing enough, some of the questions can’t be answered for decades more.
    Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press, 13 July 2018
  • Watching a movie, he’s been known to hit the Pause button to isolate a tantalizing wall.
    Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Before his fall, there had been tantalizing glimpses of what might have been.
    Bobby Ghosh, Twin Cities, 21 June 2019
  • Moreover, the fine print isn’t as tantalizing as the headlines.
    Samantha Hissong, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2021
  • The Lakers have yet to put together a package tantalizing enough for the Spurs to pull the trigger.
    Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 2 July 2018
  • Then, nearly three months after Kay was killed, out of the blue, came the most tantalizing and perplexing clue of all.
    CBS News, 27 June 2024
  • The one-shoulder design adds a tantalizing twist, while the cutout and split showcase subtle hints of skin.
    Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Well, the jewel at the top of June's draft is Victor Wembanyama, one of the most tantalizing prospects in any sport ever.
    Detroit Free Press, 8 May 2023
  • Read full article And over by the tree line, the most tantalizing wheat beckons like a desert mirage.
    Mitch Smith, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Its creamy, spicy scent is a mix of white sage and dark musk, a truly tantalizing blend that will turn any space into a moody oasis.
    Laura Denby, Peoplemag, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Could the show once again capture the magic of being a teenager, or the tantalizing scent of big dreams and unbridled hope?
    Samuel Maude, ELLE, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Bowie recorded a wordless guide vocal that offers a tantalizing glimpse of what the song could have been.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 3 July 2023
  • But there is also, potentially, a far more tantalizing prospect—and the key to that may lie in Ant-Man and the Wasp, which comes out this July.
    Joanna Robinson, HWD, 2 May 2018
  • And many of the oils, gummies, vapes, and chocolates currently on the market can be tantalizing.
    Cotton Codinha, Allure, 8 Aug. 2019
  • The Seafood Menu boasts an array of tantalizing flavors, highlighted by seven unique custom sauces that are the heart and soul of the menu.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 15 July 2023
  • The role this place, this weapon, as Dolores calls it, will play in determining the park's fate is a tantalizing question.
    Sandra Upson, WIRED, 4 June 2018
  • The sheets are torn down one by one over the course of the show, revealing tantalizing glimpses of what might be a relief map of Lear’s kingdom underneath.
    Kerry Reid, chicagotribune.com, 9 July 2019
  • Sadie Sink dropped some tantalizing clues about her character Max's fate in the fifth and final season of Stranger Things.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Perhaps even more tantalizing: For a brief moment, even with their No. 14 position, the Sox for a moment had the best odds to land the No. 1 overall pick.
    Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
  • That’s what made the system Bialek and his colleagues studied so tantalizing.
    Jordana Cepelewicz, WIRED, 24 Mar. 2019
  • This is Lorde at her sharpest, most eloquent, and certainly most tantalizing.
    Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Hopefully Sony gives us something a bit more tantalizing.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024

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