Examples of 'tantalus' in a sentence
Meaning of "tantalus"
Tantalus is a noun that refers to a character in Greek mythology or a type of decanter used in dining
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- A stork of the genus Mycteria (formerly Tantalus), especially the American wood stork, Mycteria americana.
- A stand in which to lock up drink decanters while keeping them visible.
- Something of an evasive or retreating nature, something consistently out of reach; a tantalising thing.
- A Phrygian king who was condemned to remain in Tartarus, chin-deep in water, with fruit-laden branches hanging above his head; whenever he tried to drink or eat, the water and fruit receded out of reach.
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Tantalus never achieved the escape of death.
With the tantalus field.
Tantalus has notoriously bad cell phone reception.
The story of Tantalus also parallels this.
Tantalus was punished for stealing ambrosia and nectar.
At the Starfleet penal colony on tantalus five.
Tantalus cargo ready to beam up.
You saved us in the sickbay with the Tantalus field.
Tantalus was punished for a reason.
He was to have been thrown off when the ship docked at Tantalus.
Tantalus cooked his son as a meal for the gods.
There is no sign of the Tantalus.
Tantalus was placed in the middle of a river beneath fruit trees.
You saved us back at sick bay with the Tantalus field.
Tantalus was forced to submerge by a maritime patrol aircraft and was unable to attack.
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Sara moved to the controls of the Tantalus field and actived it.
Tantalus would remain hungry and thirsty for all eternity.
He sees his dead forbears in the Tantalus line happily forgiven in the underworld.
Tantalus refuses to comply.
Because the fruit on the branches Tantalus never achieved the escape of death.
Tantalus was also falsely accused of stealing from the lotteries he had invented.
The name is a reference to the unsatisfied temptations of the Greek mythological character Tantalus.
The tantalus was empty.
Head back for Tantalus colony.
Tantalus was originally favored by the gods and welcomed to Olympus.
He suffers the fate of Tantalus.
Troides cuneifera tantalus remains one of the great mysteries of the birdwings.
You are on board the Tantalus.
The punishment of Tantalus is the fate that torments the poor.
His armor was destroyed by Tantalus.
The entire crew of Tantalus base was infected by some sort of virulent bacteria.
Niobe the daughter of Tantalus.
Tantalus was then thrust into Hades for what he had done to his own kin.
Carmacks was also known as Tantalus.
He became servant of Tantalus but usurped his rule of Armechadon at the same time.
The Magnesians say that it was made by Broteas the son of Tantalus.
Learn that Tantalus was hurled down into the infernal regions for divulging.
Ported to GameCube by Tantalus.
The Tantalus Range had already become well established as an attractive area for mountaineering.
They are headed up Tantalus.
Tantalus is a figure from Greek mythology who was the rich but wicked king of Sipylus.
They restored Pelops to life and devised a terrible punishment for Tantalus.
I have a Tantalus Device to get rid of traffic.
A mountaineers trail is one of the only ways to access Tantalus Provincial Park on foot.
Pelops son of Tantalus came to Pisa on swift horses.
He helped Blackwulf temporarily slay Tantalus.
Tantalus the son of Zeus.
It was developed by Tantalus Media and published by THQ.
Tantalus served in the Far East for much of her wartime career.
THE parentage and origin of Tantalus are disputed.
