TANTALIZE in a Sentence
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Example sentences for TANTALIZE, such as:
1. Give the dog the bone don't tantalize him.
2. Yet in this very repugnance to all his circumstances Pierre found a kind of tantalizing satisfaction.
2. Yet in this very repugnance to all his circumstances Pierre found a kind of tantalizing satisfaction.
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Meanings and Examples of TANTALIZE
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tantalize
v. harass with persistent criticism or carping
Classic Sentence:
1 Steerforth was considerate, too; and showed his consideration, in one particular instance, in an unflinching manner that was a little tantalizing, I suspect, to poor Traddles and the rest.
2 Gently he insinuates his vast bulk among them again and revels there awhile, still in tantalizing vicinity to young Lothario, like pious Solomon devoutly worshipping among his thousand concubines.
3 Yet in this very repugnance to all his circumstances Pierre found a kind of tantalizing satisfaction.
4 "Soon's Ah kick dis black trash outer mah way," answered Mammy loudly, swinging the carpetbag at a black buck who loitered tantalizingly in front of her and making him leap aside.
Example Sentence:
1 Tom loved to tantalize his younger brother with candy; he knew the boy was forbidden to have it.
2 Give the dog the bone don't tantalize him.