tantalize

The findings also cast the humble single-cell creatures in a new, more tantalizing light: They are not merely molecular machines packed in microscopic bodies, but they are also agents that can learn.

It was absolutely tantalizing, came together in under a half hour and called for only a handful of ingredients.

It was a typically tantalizing New York night owned by — sorry, it must be said — Los Angeles, Los Angeles.

You are buying a myth, albeit a tantalizing one, that the chain restaurants that are so ubiquitous across the country are actually good for us, the real heroes of the American food industry.

As for the highly unlikely — but also highly tantalizing — idea of Ohtani taking the mound in a playoff game?