tantalise

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He saw chaste virgins tempt and tantalise, Lure and deny, invite--and then refuse, And drive men forth half crazed to wantons' arms Mother, you taught me there were but two kinds Of women in the world--the good and bad.

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  • His husky growl urged her to tease and tantalise, before conducting an erotic circling movement that had every muscle tensing in his body. —  Helen Bianchin - The Wedding Ultimatum
  • Certainly stars have lived unhappy lives in the spotlight before, but never before have there been so many celebrity TV shows, so many gossip magazines, so many websites to tantalise, so many tabloid pages to fill with details of their lives. —  Life and style | guardian.co.uk
  • Drona and a sinister Imran Khan in Kidnap have arrived to tantalise audiences. —  IBN Top Headlines
  • But then it is a massive place, with 18 meeting rooms, several dining rooms and, of course, those large grounds that tantalise you from the bar. —  getreading - Reading Post - RSS feed
  • He saw chaste virgins tempt and tantalise, Lure and deny, invite--and then refuse, And drive men forth half crazed to wantons' arms Mother, you taught me there were but two kinds Of women in the world--the good and bad. —  Poems of Purpose
 

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