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What does tantalize mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) to tease (someone) by offering something desirable but keeping it out of reach
  2. (transitive) to bait (someone) by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
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But the reality is that IT shows tantalize us with oodles of mouth-watering products that never actually hit the shelves.
Has He, can He have created these unquenchable longings only to tantalize them?
Our in-house chef and kitchen staff tantalize our participants' taste buds with hearty, nutritious and delectable dishes.
This produces layer upon layer of complexity, going from sweetness to tartness in a single sip that will tantalize the taste buds.
At the novel's end, Norah's questions about the future tantalize the reader with the possibility of a third volume about the Stoakes children.
On and off through the afternoon light snow showers came along to tantalize us, dusting the ground white.

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