taunt
Example Sentences
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The five-dollar bill crumpled in the bottom of my pocket taunted me, goading me to get my photograph taken like Ba and Auntie Matchmaker wanted.
From Literature
He turned away after silencing the taunts, cupping his ear to The Kop, who were stunned into silence after his sixth Premier League goal versus Liverpool.
From BBC
“Come on, you chumps!” taunts the small child in front of us.
From Literature
“We won the war,” the 20-year-old Lennon taunted the Beatles’ audience in Hamburg.
“Your taunts do not hurt me! Let this battle begin!”
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
