dangle something before somebody

He took something out of his pocket, dangled it before me.

The boy's feet actually dangled in the air for a second before Joey put him down.

"They won't see any further than the prize being dangled before them."

In a way, these are the carrots being dangled before us.

She must move fast, reach that dangling end before the cushion bridge could turn under her feet.

But he was a lapdog with a dream dangling before him.

The hand that dangled before her throat she squeezed, and held.

"No." Ricky was still dangling the earrings before her eyes.

Democracy has repeatedly been dangled before this country's 105 million citizens.

I asked, dangling it before her on its string.