Definition of "tantalizing" []

• Teasing; tempting, but beyond reach. (adjective)
• Present participle of tantalize. (verb)

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• "NASA says it has made what it terms a tantalizing discovery about the planet Mars."
• "Don Crutchfield is a window-peeping kid private-eye within tantalizing reach of right-wing assassins, left-wing revolutionaries and the power-mongers of an incendiary era."
• "A possible connection to Arnondusmatijs, though tantalizing, is probably coincidence, since Elandsfontein was a common name, given to at least eight other farms in addition to Kok's (L. Guelke RLR data). back"