tantalize

IPA: tˈæntʌɫaɪz

(transitive) to tease (someone) by offering something desirable but keeping it out of reach
(transitive) to bait (someone) by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied

Examples of "tantalize" in Sentences

The point is to tantalize the public and belittle the administration.
And James Bond is a stretch, though Brown is younger than Sean Connery and those JB initials do tantalize.
Let's thwart those blood-thirsty savages, who, in the name of Islam, target innocents and tantalize the taliban-bashers.
Many words come from Greek roots, but the roots for "tantalize" run all the way to Greek myth about a misbehaving son of Zeus named Tantalus.
ECLIPSE can pounce on you like a ravenous jaguar, cloud your judgment like a dense fog, or tantalize your senses with kaleidoscopic color-tones.