tantalizingly
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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The Lakers have occasionally been tantalizingly close, but there’s a clear absence here of any cigar, and no chance of one walking through that door.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
They have come so tantalizingly close to so many golds that they now hold a decisive lead in another category: silver medals.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
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
They scurried tantalizingly up and down the trunk, heedless of any danger—so close, yet just out of reach— “Easy, children,” Penelope soothed.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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