taunting
Example Sentences
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And that unopened brick of air-dry clay that’s taunting you?
From MarketWatch • Feb. 23, 2026
What consequential life experiences have I missed, taunting my eyeballs, indulging this social media imp turned experimental pugilist as he bumbles around the ring with has-beens and never-weres?
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025
“It was almost like the system was taunting me,” said Alex, who is now a Cal State University graduate student and chose to use his middle name for fear of being targeted by immigration authorities.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
But Obasi suggests the attacks "may also be acts of defiance by some armed groups, taunting the US to make good on its threat of military action in Nigeria".
From Barron's • Nov. 24, 2025
The children would have come back from the stream and would be taunting and chasing one another under the breadfruit tree.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
