taunt
Example Sentences
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The residents cheer and taunt and follow from a safe distance.
From Slate • Feb. 11, 2026
Then, this offseason, they committed another $309 million to bring in Tucker and top closer Edwin Díaz, almost as if to taunt their rivals.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
Guadagnino makes Hank look so shady that it feels like a taunt: We’re dumb if we trust Hank and doubly dumb if he’s innocent.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025
Remember the collective removal of headwear to taunt the cap-less Patrick Cantlay.
From BBC • Sep. 8, 2025
Even he could derive little satisfaction from the prospect of killing a tharn rabbit half his own size, in obedience to a contemptuous taunt.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
Vocabulary lists containing taunt
List 4
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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