tantalizing

• “NASA says it has made what it terms a tantalizing discovery about the planet Mars.”

  CNN Transcript Dec 7, 2006

• “Don Crutchfield is a window-peeping kid private-eye within tantalizing reach of right-wing assassins, left-wing revolutionaries and the power-mongers of an incendiary era.”

  Blood's A Rover by James Ellroy: Book summary

• “A possible connection to Arnondusmatijs, though tantalizing, is probably coincidence, since Elandsfontein was a common name, given to at least eight other farms in addition to Kok's (L. Guelke RLR data). back”

  Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa

• “I should have known: I'm using the word tantalizing in all seriousness.”

  Bad hair day.

• “I smiled, shrugged my shoulders in tantalizing repetition of my former action upon a like occasion and then answered brusquely:”

  The Filigree Ball

• “As such, it is accorded special procedural shortcuts: it requires only a simple majority vote in both chambers of Congress, and, tantalizing from the administration’s standpoint, Senate rules permit just twenty hours of debate, so the bill can’t be filibustered.”

  Take Two: Hillary's Choice

• “Ooooo who doesn't want to be called a tantalizing treat by Miss Snark!”

  The Slush pile turns up a tantalizing treat

• “They only served to recall the tantalizing, broken bits that the records give of the picturesque life that was here -- of colonial pomp and savage dignity, of London trade and Indian barter, of English games and merriment, of colonial trials and tragedies: all this of which we know, yet know so little.”

  Virginia: the Old Dominion

• “Indeed, many thought that the agency's advance notice had wandered beyond the misty borders of "tantalizing" into the dangerous land of "hype.”

  The Huffington Post: Seth Shostak: Life, But Not As We Know It

• “It also includes original content by Keir Graff, editor of REaD ALERT and Booklist Online senior editor, such as tantalizing quotes from reviews and a particular slant on what's coming up”

  REaD ALERT from Booklist Online

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