Example Sentences

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Butler reached the question that had been tantalizing Britons for weeks: Would he reduce taxes?

From Time Magazine Archive

The shores of Canada had been tantalizing my longing gaze for some days, and I was bound to reach there long before my mistress returned.

From From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom by Delaney, Lucy A. (Lucy Ann)

Some time later that same afternoon Eliphalet succeeded in solving the problem that had been tantalizing him all day.

From Anderson Crow, Detective by McCutcheon, George Barr

Perhaps Tom had been tantalizing his business manager, or maybe he really was doubtful about the flexibility of the bar.

From Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope by Gary, James