tease

Example Sentences

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"These simulations allow us to tease out small effects to determine what actually happens, helping us to understand our observations."

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

"We did this to try to start to tease out whether the changes they saw were to do with the biological process of pregnancy or more the process of becoming a mum," Carmona says.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

In his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, Trump will have the opportunity to tout his record on affordability and tease new plans to bring prices down.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 23, 2026

The trailer goes on to tease snippets of a toy uprising, meant to take down the increasingly villainous screens.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

We couldn’t tease her the way we teased Togbe about Auntie Kafui, but I sometimes wondered if he had a bit of a thing for her.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo