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

His self-made story is tantalizing enough but Western media can’t resist aggrandizing the hardship.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2022

The fate of Kim is one of the great unknowns of this story, and the possibility that it could intersect with the Omaha version of Jimmy/Saul is tantalizing.

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2022

The idea that a vaccine could be a Swiss Army knife, effective not against just one virus but a whole family, is tantalizing.

From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2021

It's a consolation to know that I am going to help to save the country, but it is tantalizing to wait so long.

From Captain Jinks, Hero by Beard, Daniel Carter