But he reveals he is not going to give any "tantalising" details about secret operations. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
"tantalising" solo opportunities after fearing there is now little left for them to do together as broadcasters. From Wordnik.com. Reference
This is nearly as tantalising as the wooden-legged. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author] Reference
'You're giving me a fine expose — though tantalising!. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
Nothing could have been more charming or more tantalising. From Wordnik.com. [The Collectors] Reference
"Well, if you will, you will I suppose, you tantalising child!". From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
His tantalising advance and retreat set the scene for the entire day. From Wordnik.com. [Mistress for a Weekend]
"Tempting and tantalising you!" exclaimed Myra, and trilled out a laugh. From Wordnik.com. [Bandit Love] Reference
Was this a providential respite, or only another tantalising false hope?. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
‘Not yet,’ he said against her skin, his breath hot and tantalising. From Wordnik.com. [The Rich Man's Royal Mistress]
‘Extremely personal,’ he answered with a tantalising shift of his hips. From Wordnik.com. [Mistress for a Weekend]
There are few more tantalising stories in the annals of invention than this. From Wordnik.com. [Wonderful Balloon Ascents] Reference
Such a wonderfully tantalising question — would she play or would she fold?. From Wordnik.com. [The Playboy Boss's Chosen Bride]
‘Part temptress, part ingénue, part minx — a tantalising combination.’. From Wordnik.com. [The Rich Man's Royal Mistress]
That makes a possible final here between Murray and Federer all the more tantalising. From Wordnik.com. [Andy Murray believes Roger Federer has 'lost a little bit' of his aura] Reference
"And I was under the balcony" -- George's laugh was tantalising, -- "a patient Romeo.". From Wordnik.com. [The Trumpeter Swan] Reference
"Myra, why are you torturing and tantalising me in this fashion?" he burst out suddenly. From Wordnik.com. [Bandit Love] Reference
"It's very trying and very tantalising; but the Lord knows best how to deal with his own.". From Wordnik.com. [True to his Colours The Life that Wears Best] Reference
He found that tantalising fragment return again and again, but fated never to be complete. From Wordnik.com. [Doom Castle] Reference
There was a new expression on his countenance which foreboded the tantalising remark that followed. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
The tantalising thing is that when Munby's production sticks close to the original, it is very good. From Wordnik.com. [The Prince of Homburg] Reference
And the fact that she kissed like a tantalising mixture of angel and devil further confused the issue. From Wordnik.com. [The Rich Man's Royal Mistress]
Service post-card is quite good as a means of communication, but frightfully tantalising from our point of view. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915] Reference
'Blessed are they that expect nothing, for they shall never be disappointed,' said Leonard in a tantalising tone. From Wordnik.com. [That Scholarship Boy] Reference
His voice caressed her name, and a disturbing, tantalising rush of adrenaline filled her with excited anticipation. From Wordnik.com. [The Rich Man's Royal Mistress]
"You are the most tantalising, puzzling and exasperating girl I have ever met, as well as the loveliest and the most adorable.". From Wordnik.com. [Bandit Love] Reference
He instantly reciprocated, propelling a driving urgency that he suddenly cut off, retreating to tantalising nibbles on her lips. From Wordnik.com. [The Playboy Boss's Chosen Bride]
By now of course my eye had lighted on the second envelope to which Mr. Anderson's covering letter made such tantalising reference. From Wordnik.com. [the mission song]
He mentions his own name only in the prologues to his three plays, and here with a modesty that is charming indeed, yet tantalising. From Wordnik.com. [Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works] Reference
He has such a quaint dramatic way of speaking and lapses into unintelligible Japanese just at the exciting moments -- so tantalising!. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow of the East] Reference
Her name was peculiar; the circumstances under which she came forward were unusual; and her predilection for Strachan was tantalising. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
A work dedicated apparently to this object, which I have been unable to find in the body, is mentioned under a very tantalising title. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author] Reference
We were much puzzled, a few weeks since, by a tantalising and unintelligible paragraph, pertinaciously reiterated in the London newspapers. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847] Reference
Alas! we look in vain for the tantalising "pamphlet of songs," -- still, perhaps, snugly resting on the "pot-head," where our author in his. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 65, January 25, 1851] Reference
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