trolling

Example Sentences

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You could say that it’s great that Dylan has prompted these larger public discussions about artificial intelligence and large language models, or you could think that Bob is trolling people simply because he can.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

Vine previously labelled Belfield "the Jimmy Savile of trolling" during his trial at Nottingham Crown Court.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Marc Elias: I don’t think he’s trolling us, I think he’s quite serious.

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2026

"When official diplomatic channels adopt trolling tactics, they implicitly validate the information ecosystem's descent into provocation-based discourse," he told AFP.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

Big, fancy boats with thousand-dollar trolling rods and gold-plated reels and radar and radios and fancy fish-finders and gallons of frozen chum.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick