Tantalizingly
adverb
In a way that is so appealing or attractive yet out of reach.
The dessert was tantalizingly close, but he was on a diet.
Often appears as...
- tantalizingly close
- tantalizingly simple
adverb
In a way that is so appealing or attractive yet out of reach.
The dessert was tantalizingly close, but he was on a diet.
Often appears as...
- tantalizingly close
- tantalizingly simple
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Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Use
Used to describe an intense and often frustrating desire for something just out of reach.
The internship opportunity was tantalizingly out of reach for the inexperienced student.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Imagery
Often evokes a strong visual image of the desirable object or situation that is nearly accessible.
The keys lay tantalizingly beyond the baby's grasp.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Trigger
Can stir emotions, suggesting both excitement for the potential to obtain and sadness for the current unattainability.
She glanced at the prize, tantalizingly displayed behind a glass case.
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There may be extraterrest...
meaning it can insulate molecules against large shifts in heat. On Earth, these and other conditions in aquatic environments may have supported the emergence of life billions of years ago. Tantalizingly, the same could be true in other parts of our solar system,
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The journey to Pluto,...
home to many small planets, hundreds of thousands of ancient icy objects, and trillions of comets. This mysterious region holds clues to the formation of our solar system, and it was long, tantalizingly beyond our reach. Until New Horizons.
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The global goals we've...
How I've depressed you I hope not because I think what we do see is that progress is happening in a lot of places and there are opportunities for accelerating progress. We are living in a world that is tantalizingly close
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An Alligator’s Gourmet...
for the exceptionally clever alligator there may be a rare and very special item on the menu it's breeding time for the egrets the birds are so tantalizingly close the alligators can practically taste them
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Top 5 Reindeer Moments PIPE...
classic northern lights big flowing river of light a big ribbon through the sky this is tantalizingly close to seeing what i've come here to see as quickly as they appeared
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Reindeer Selfies With...
river of light big ribbon through the sky it is tantalizingly close to seeing what I've come here to see as quickly as they appeared
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Orca's Extraordinary...
she is tantalizingly close but the seals are too shallow to reach as the tide begins to turn the mother orca's time is running out
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ONE HOUR Of Amazing...
the fish are tantalizingly close but they're still out of reach so the dolphins try another technique
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Incredible Dolphin...
the fish are tantalizingly close but they're still out of reach so the dolphins try another technique
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How Do Goldfish Flirt? PIPE...
fish are especially mesmerizing especially those tantalizingly
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There may be extraterrest...
meaning it can insulate molecules against large shifts in heat. On Earth, these and other conditions in aquatic environments may have supported the emergence of life billions of years ago. Tantalizingly, the same could be true in other parts of our solar system,
Video examples
The journey to Pluto,...
home to many small planets, hundreds of thousands of ancient icy objects, and trillions of comets. This mysterious region holds clues to the formation of our solar system, and it was long, tantalizingly beyond our reach. Until New Horizons.
Video examples
The global goals we've...
How I've depressed you I hope not because I think what we do see is that progress is happening in a lot of places and there are opportunities for accelerating progress. We are living in a world that is tantalizingly close
Video examples
An Alligator’s Gourmet...
for the exceptionally clever alligator there may be a rare and very special item on the menu it's breeding time for the egrets the birds are so tantalizingly close the alligators can practically taste them
Video examples
Top 5 Reindeer Moments PIPE...
classic northern lights big flowing river of light a big ribbon through the sky this is tantalizingly close to seeing what i've come here to see as quickly as they appeared
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Reindeer Selfies With...
river of light big ribbon through the sky it is tantalizingly close to seeing what I've come here to see as quickly as they appeared
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Orca's Extraordinary...
she is tantalizingly close but the seals are too shallow to reach as the tide begins to turn the mother orca's time is running out
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ONE HOUR Of Amazing...
the fish are tantalizingly close but they're still out of reach so the dolphins try another technique
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Incredible Dolphin...
the fish are tantalizingly close but they're still out of reach so the dolphins try another technique
Video examples
How Do Goldfish Flirt? PIPE...
fish are especially mesmerizing especially those tantalizingly
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Uzodinma Iweala
American Author
The kidnapped person is so tantalizingly close, kept alive by a devastating hope. Kidnapping or hostage-taking is perhaps the most disturbing form of terror because it turns this hope into a liability that can paralyze.
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Uzodinma Iweala
American Author
The kidnapped person is so tantalizingly close, kept alive by a devastating hope. Kidnapping or hostage-taking is perhaps the most disturbing form of terror because it turns this hope into a liability that can paralyze.
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