Examples of “tantalizing” in a Sentence

adj So tempting or desirable that it is hard to resist, especially something just out of reach.

• The smell of fresh bread from the bakery was tantalizing.
• She gave a tantalizing hint about the surprise without revealing it.
• It was a tantalizing promise, delivered with Donald Trump’s trademark panache: As dealmaker in chief, he would quickly end world conflicts that had defied his predecessors and their nattily dressed legions of career diplomats. — Ned Temko, Trump’s ‘quick fix’ approach to diplomacy slow to yield results (2025)