Both Uses

tantalize
in
Pushing the Limits
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The anger in his voice hinted that he couldn't believe I'd told the therapist this tantalizing tidbit.†
p. 15.1 *

tantalizing = making someone excited about getting something
Noah stroked his lingers through my curls, gently pulling on them in tantalizing movements.†
p. 370.1

Definitions:

(1) (tantalize)
to make someone excited about getting something -- often something they cannot get

The word, tantalize, comes from a Greek mythological story about the eternal punishment of someone named Tantulus. He was made to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree. But when he reached up for the fruit, it withdrew just out of his reach. And when he bent down to drink, the water receded before his lips could reach it.
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)