Here, at length, after sufficient tantalization by its means, Marlboro 'venturously intruded himself every day. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864] Reference
For the sheer power of the self-tantalization I joined him late in his journey and followed him as he approached the Temple of Ghanghesha. From Wordnik.com. [She Is The Darkness]
And even if so, the tantalization will only be greater if she has to live through another couple of days before cloistering herself to read it. From Wordnik.com. [Author! Author! » Blog Archive » As Gandhi famously said, there is more to life than increasing its speed] Reference
Like many excellent people, he seemed possessed with a spirit of tantalization, which might easily, at a casual glance, be mistaken for malevolence. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6] Reference
Their honors were too short-lived, and too circumscribed, to be much more than a lively tantalization, to be remembered with disgust by those who had worn them. From Wordnik.com. [The Colored Regulars in the United States Army] Reference
Just as a goodly store of water at Watford would be a tantalization to thirsty London if it were not brought into town for its use, so any amount of news accumulated at Printing-house. From Wordnik.com. [Speeches: Literary and Social] Reference
This she knew; and this tantalization of her fate she keenly felt. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II] Reference
There are also nets, and magnets, and a science-fiction treasure trove of tantalization. From Wordnik.com. [FOXNews.com] Reference
And if that tantalization comes signed by a guy who hit over 300 home runs for the home team, all the better. From Wordnik.com. [Crosscut] Reference
For a hungry guest to take this tantalization in good part, was the sure way to win the esteem of the noble Barmecide. From Wordnik.com. [Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 2] Reference
There are few things more difficult to bear than what Scotch people so expressively term "tig-tire," or excessive tantalization. From Wordnik.com. [As We Sweep Through The Deep] Reference
Such tantalization endured by yourselves, or by any class of men, would have wrought rebellion, and in the end a bloody revolution. From Wordnik.com. [History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II] Reference
Wonderment as to the next move partook less of deep anxiety than of the tantalization of guessing at a riddle with the answer always just eluding you. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Roll] Reference
Like many excellent people, he seemed possessed with a spirit of tantalization, which might easily, at a casual glance, have been mistaken for malevolence. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3] Reference
It came then -- that dancing sprite of tantalization -- and joyously abandoned itself to the strings of the violin, so that David knew, of a surety, what a beautiful song it was. From Wordnik.com. [Just David] Reference
It is not that Nature can become ever less lovely to your sight; but that the tantalization of her dangerous beauty, which you may enjoy only at a safe distance, exasperates at last. From Wordnik.com. [Two Years in the French West Indies] Reference
This Mr. Dudley was an early victim of the patent laws, which, to this day, have proved to be for the benefit of lawyers and officials, and the tantalization of true inventors and discoverers. From Wordnik.com. [Rides on Railways] Reference
Just as a goodly store of water at Watford would be a tantalization to thirsty London if it were not brought into town for its use, so any amount of news accumulated at Printing-house Square, or Fleet Street, or the. From Wordnik.com. [Speeches: Literary and Social] Reference
Amazed at the spectacle of creative power and wisdom, equally amazed at the discovering faculty of man, we feel it to be incredible that he should have been made capable of such thoughts only to be annihilated after a brief tantalization. From Wordnik.com. [The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life] Reference
This time she was bright and amusing, and assumed airs of authority over him, and was careful never to sit so that her hand might be in reach, while she used every one of her many arts of tantalization and enjoyed herself as only she knew how to do. From Wordnik.com. [Halcyone] Reference
A hungry guest to take this tantalization in good part, was the sure way to win the esteem of the noble Barmecide. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844] Reference
‘I have faced tantalization these twenty years with a temper as mild as milk!’ said Japheth; ‘but such things as this don’t come short of devilry!’. From Wordnik.com. [Wessex Tales] Reference
Even with the make-or-break stakes of the last two games of the ALCS, I have to say that I haven’t felt a single bit of the tension and tantalization that made the 2004 win so exciting to watch. From Wordnik.com. [Obligatory Red Sox Post For 2007] Reference
To Ursula, under cover of the music, which was the best shield he could have had; and perhaps in reality, though Reginald was tantalized to the utmost degree of tantalization, even he had a certain enjoyment in the saucy self-defence which was more mischievous than cruel. From Wordnik.com. [Phoebe, Junior] Reference
So this was a mere tantalization, no real help. From Wordnik.com. [Split Infinity]
A margin as to constitute itself a tantalization. From Wordnik.com. [Mushrooms on the Moor] Reference
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