teasing

Example Sentences

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On Friday, the president confirmed that he wouldn’t make it, after teasing Thursday that he just had a bit too much going on.

From Slate • May 23, 2026

He wasted no time in showing the extent of his decades-long discography by teasing his classic track Praise You before sampling Queen's iconic Don't Stop Me Now.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

CBS and Colbert are keeping the guest roster a secret, with the network only teasing that it will run longer than the standard hour.

From Salon • May 21, 2026

In his 2018 Times review, critic Justin Chang called it “a delightful, teasing wisp of a tale.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Now that it’s been a while since that awful practice meet, people have stopped teasing me about how “gracefully” I fall.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée