Tantalisingly is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Tantalisingly meaning
In a tantalising manner. Alternative spelling of tantalizingly.
Using Tantalisingly
- The main meaning on this page is: In a tantalising manner. Alternative spelling of tantalizingly.
- In the example corpus, tantalisingly often appears in combinations such as: tantalisingly close.
Context around Tantalisingly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 6 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tantalisingly
- In this selection, "tantalisingly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, came, pochettino, yet, close, efforts and wrote stand out and add context to how "tantalisingly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ball sat tantalisingly in the and dj cuppy tantalisingly wrote dreams. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tantalisingly" sits close to words such as aadi, aakash and aayush, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tantalisingly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He came tantalisingly close. (4 words)
Wade outside edges the first ball tantalisingly close to gully for four. (12 words)
Pochettino tantalisingly said he had been out for dinner with Boehly last Friday. (13 words)
The eagerly-awaited return of Serena Williams to the women’s game after giving birth to daughter Alexis Olympia last September failed to deliver the American a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam singles title, although she was tantalisingly close. (39 words)
Norths's winger Richie Woolf did his best to claim a try that might have helped Norths get some momentum but his dive was perilously short as the ball sat tantalisingly in the in-goal. (35 words)
In her own post of the video, DJ Cuppy tantalisingly wrote:Dreams do come through, breaking her comment with a kissing emoji and then adding : congrats to Brodashaggi. (28 words)
Example sentences (12)
Celtic are now so tantalisingly close to winning their 12th title in 13 seasons.
He came tantalisingly close.
Pochettino tantalisingly said he had been out for dinner with Boehly last Friday.
Yet, tantalisingly, efforts are underway not only to open the sealed case, but to install a camera in the courtroom.
In her own post of the video, DJ Cuppy tantalisingly wrote:Dreams do come through, breaking her comment with a kissing emoji and then adding : congrats to Brodashaggi.
Norths's winger Richie Woolf did his best to claim a try that might have helped Norths get some momentum but his dive was perilously short as the ball sat tantalisingly in the in-goal.
She lost the previous three, including two Wimbledon finals, meaning she remains tantalisingly one short of Margaret Court's record tally of 24 grand slams.
Wade outside edges the first ball tantalisingly close to gully for four.
In the breakfast room hung a painting of Van Dyck’s mistress, one breast tantalisingly bared.
Tantalisingly, the Do It Like a Dude legend doesn’t elaborate on how the request was communicated.
The eagerly-awaited return of Serena Williams to the women’s game after giving birth to daughter Alexis Olympia last September failed to deliver the American a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam singles title, although she was tantalisingly close.
To walk around her garden and talk about trees “and whatever else takes our fancy”, says Attenborough, tantalisingly, on The Queen’s Green Planet (ITV).
Common combinations with tantalisingly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: