tease
Example Sentences
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The move, he added, is just another example of Axe’s creativity and comfort teasing themselves.
When Banks purrs, “You have no idea what we have planned for Cycle 25,” you’ll have to forgive me for taking that as a threat, not a tease.
From Salon
The short clip also teases a reunion between Buzz and Woody, following the latter's decision to leave the gang to help abandoned toys in the previous film, 2019's Toy Story 4.
From BBC
The trailer goes on to tease snippets of a toy uprising, meant to take down the increasingly villainous screens.
From Salon
Jonah knew that they were almost at school, that the bus around them was filled with kids laughing and flirting and teasing and griping and even—here and there—singing.
From Literature
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