taunt

Example Sentences

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‘Your Fa’s mad!’ the children had taunted Torak five summers before, when he and Fa had journeyed to the sea-shore for the clan meet.

From Literature

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.

From The Wall Street Journal