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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
tantalise .
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Examples
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Those tantalised by the prospect of promotion will find it hard not to encourage journalists to propagate the case for "fresh faces" to reinvigorate the government.
Reshuffle in haste, Mr Cameron, and you will repent at leisure | Andrew Rawnsley 2011
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Scratch a little harder, though, and a more interesting truth emerges, about a horse race and a sport that has tantalised the rich and powerful for more than 200 years, and still has the power to tweak the nose of the mightiest.
Favourite Carlton House grants the Queen a date with Derby destiny 2011
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Scratch a little harder, though, and a more interesting truth emerges, about a horse race and a sport that has tantalised the rich and powerful for more than 200 years, and still has the power to tweak the nose of the mightiest.
Favourite Carlton House grants the Queen a date with Derby destiny 2011
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Rowling had tantalised her fans by refusing to rule out the possibility of a further Potter adventure, assuring Winfrey she could "definitely write an eighth, ninth and 10th book".
No more Harry Potter, JK Rowling 'promises' Daniel Radcliffe Benedicte Page 2010
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“At every page I was tantalised by the absence of the proofs,” Elwin wrote, adding that the “harder and drier” writing style was also off-putting.
Darwin's Pigeons 2007
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This is an unfortunate day for him to be having site problems as he had tantalised yesterday evening us by posting that he would have more Smeargate revelations today.
Archive 2009-04-01 Mark Reckons 2009
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I am tantalised by the ones that get cut off at the end … “Girl blowing her pink bub” for example.
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This is an unfortunate day for him to be having site problems as he had tantalised yesterday evening us by posting that he would have more Smeargate revelations today.
Where is Guido Fawkes? Mark Reckons 2009
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She encapsulates the wisdom that is womanhood, the very epitome of female misyndry, the exceptional insight that leaves mere males tantalised by her wymens' insight.
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“At every page I was tantalised by the absence of the proofs,” Elwin wrote, adding that the “harder and drier” writing style was also off-putting.
April 2007 2007
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