tantalizingly
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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The idea that, for women and girls in particular, one little makeover could change the course of an entire life was tantalizingly pervasive.
From Salon • Jan. 17, 2026
Kelly Services and Manpower seem tantalizingly cheap, respectively trading for just three times and eight times the earnings per share expected for the coming 12 months.
From Barron's • Nov. 6, 2025
The truth hovers tantalizingly out of focus, and the characters’ duplicity becomes its adversary.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
It’s tantalizingly oddball and indelicate: a combined daymare and night odyssey that scratches until a feral hidden strength is revealed in the misfit main character, captivatingly played by Indian star Radhika Apte.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025
They gazed at each other; Harry felt that the answer was dangling invisibly in the air above them, tantalizingly close.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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