tantalize

To tantalize and tease prospective viewers, the marketing team behind “Babygirl” has leaned all the way in, emphasizing the movie’s Christmas Day release in promotional materials that demand audiences “get everything you want” this holiday.

From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2024

No matter the answer, Gef has continued to vex and tantalize for decades.

From National Geographic ● Sep. 19, 2023

It’s a statement, all right — not a confirmation or a denial, but a seizing of the moment to tantalize the world with possibility: So what if they were?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2023

It’s a flatbread carpeted with za’atar, which will simultaneously tantalize and confound your palate.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 5, 2022

The dense brown forest on either side never seemed to vary, and ahead there was only a new bend in the river to tantalize her.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

The possibility tantalizes the philosopher, but even more so the astronomer: planets around red dwarfs are easier to find than around any other type of star.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 14, 2023

As for online dating itself, that's even worse because it tantalizes with the promise of connection, but in order to stay in business, the algorithm for these apps are designed to be ineffective.

From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2020

And she’s gone to the” same notes with which the mysterious voice tantalizes her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2019

Like a tip from Warren Buffett, the combination tantalizes.

From Washington Post ● May 22, 2017

The atom provides an organizing principle for modern physics—and it tantalizes us with the prospect of controlling matter and energy.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

She kept fans tantalized with rumors that a penchant for long-sleeved shirts in her later years concealed two full sleeves of tattoos.

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026

Cancer vaccines have long tantalized and frustrated researchers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

Banged-up Ja’Marr Chase has to be tantalized that Texans are hurting at safety and are vulnerable in middle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2023

I am far from alone in being tantalized by its promise.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2023

The day was warm, a little windy, and leaf shadows, supple emanations from the tree boughs that brushed the cell’s barred window, tantalized Perry’s tamed squirrel.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

We get both a tantalizing armchair mystery steeped in occult-ish authenticity, but also a sly commentary on our own relationship to the pursuit of curiosity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

The growing popularity of these products hinges on a tantalizing hook: bond-like yield payments that may, in some cases, exceed 15% as a target.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

"I think the great significance of these findings, and the tantalizing picture that it promotes, is a great motivation and reason to further examine solid-state nitrogen physics at very low temperatures," Umurhan said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

Parton did not offer specifics about how such arrangements could work, or how her estate would handle the rights issues, but it offers the tantalizing prospect of Parton tunes for years to come.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

"But I swore I wouldn't tell it and here I am tantalizing you."

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald