tantalize
verb (used with object)
to torment with, or as if with, the sight of something desired but out of reach; tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed.
is tantalizing
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present progressiveof tantalize (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But what they’ve found in the first 70 grams is tantalizing, Lauretta said.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 11, 2023
Playing with a supersized lineup that includes Porzingis and 6-9 Kyle Kuzma is tantalizing.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2022
That promise is tantalizing enough to convince some that Mobley could emerge as the best player from this draft class.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2021
The casual hangout and chat format is tantalizing for its naturalism, but it also comes with parasocial relationships as baggage.
From The Verge ● May 21, 2021
It is tantalizing, too, considering how abundant are Erasmus' literary remains, that we get so little description of places from him.
From The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London by P. S. (Percy Stafford) Allen
