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Definition
to make someone excited about getting something — often something they cannot get
- But the diary notation that most tantalized Dewey was unrelated to the Clutter-Rupp, Methodist-Catholic impasse.2 — Persons Unknown (10% in)
- The business of the mattress box was one of the things that most tantalized Dewey.2 — Persons Unknown (34% in)
- The day was warm, a little windy, and leaf shadows, supple emanations from the tree boughs that brushed the cell's barred window, tantalized Perry's tamed squirrel.4 — The Corner (41% in)
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