Thesaurus / tease
FEEDBACKHow to use tease in a sentence
At the time, they were a tease, revealing little detail about their “incredibly exciting” method that matched experimental results in accuracy.
PROTEIN FOLDING AI IS MAKING A ‘ONCE IN A GENERATION’ ADVANCE IN BIOLOGYSHELLY FANJULY 20, 2021SINGULARITY HUB It is this giant tease, as though someone built Carnegie Hall but forgot to put doors on it.
GENE WEINGARTEN: NEW YORK, FROM THE BIZARRE TO THE TRULY BIZARREGENE WEINGARTENJUNE 3, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThat’s the tantalizing tease Malcolm Gladwell drops in his Revisionist History podcast episode on memory … and how it failed the NBC News anchor in the worst possible way.
DO YOU REMEMBER?SEAN CULLIGANAPRIL 13, 2021OZYGreenhouse tomatoes are ever-present — they’re a tease, often watery and dull.
HOW TO MAKE A WONDERFUL BLT WITH OUT-OF-SEASON TOMATOESDANIELA GALARZAFEBRUARY 25, 2021WASHINGTON POSTFlood said Emrick will have a limited role with NBC and will provide the voice-over for the opening tease on Wednesday night’s telecast.
NBC SPORTS HAS PARTED WAYS WITH MIKE MILBURY, MONTHS AFTER SEXIST ON-AIR COMMENTMATT BONESTEELJANUARY 11, 2021WASHINGTON POSTAfter over a year of requests from fans and enthusiasts, and months of official teases, Microsoft Flight Simulator has a virtual reality mode.
MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR IN VR: A TURBULENT START FOR WIDE-OPEN SKIESSAM MACHKOVECHDECEMBER 23, 2020ARS TECHNICAOsmond Orgreave entered the room, quizzical, and at once began to tease Clayhanger about the infrequency of his visits.
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETTThe moment we arrive at the house the others begin to tease us and leave us together.
THE LIFE & LETTERS OF PETER ILICH TCHAIKOVSKYMODESTE TCHAIKOVSKYThe two engineers, being idle, had drunk liquor and were trying to tease the animals nearby.
KARI THE ELEPHANTDHAN GOPAL MUKERJIShe told us children never to tease him, or worry him, but that we needn't be afraid of him, either.
THE SUNBRIDGE GIRLS AT SIX STAR RANCHELEANOR H. (ELEANOR HODGMAN) PORTERWORDS RELATED TO TEASE
- abrades
- afflicts
- aggravates
- agitates
- angers
- annoys
- chafes
- depresses
- displeases
- disquiets
- disturbs
- eats
- embarrasses
- exasperates
- frets
- galls
- gets in one's hair
- gets under one's skin
- gives a bad time
- gives a hard time
- grates on
- harasses
- harries
- hassles
- infuriates
- irks
- irritates
- is at
- molests
- needles
- nettles
- offends
- peeves
- perplexes
- pesters
- piques
- plagues
- provokes
- puts out
- rasps
- rides
- riles
- teases
- ticks off
- torments
- troubles
- turns off
- upsets
- worries
- afflicts
- aggrieves
- agonizes
- ails
- annoys
- attacks
- bedevils
- beleaguers
- besets
- bites one's nails
- bothers
- broods
- bugs
- chafes
- concern oneself
- depresses
- despairs
- disquiets
- distresses
- disturbs
- duns
- feels uneasy
- frets
- gnaws at
- goads
- goes for
- harasses
- harries
- has qualms
- hassles
- hectors
- importunes
- irritates
- needles
- oppresses
- persecutes
- perturbs
- pesters
- plagues
- stews
- sweats out
- takes on
- tantalizes
- tears
- teases
- tests
- torments
- tortures
- tries
- troubles
- unsettles
- upsets
- vexes
- winces
- writhes
- wrongs
- afflict
- aggrieve
- agonize
- ail
- annoy
- attack
- bedevil
- beleaguer
- beset
- bite one's nails
- bother
- brood
- bug
- chafe
- concern oneself
- depress
- despair
- disquiet
- distress
- disturb
- dun
- feel uneasy
- fret
- gnaw at
- go for
- goad
- harass
- harry
- hassle
- have qualms
- hector
- importune
- irritate
- needle
- oppress
- persecute
- perturb
- pester
- plague
- stew
- sweat out
- take on
- tantalize
- tear
- tease
- test
- torment
- torture
- trouble
- try
- unsettle
- upset
- vex
- wince
- writhe
- wrong
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