How To Use Taunting In A Sentence
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She evaded his grasp and left without another word, sashaying her hips tauntingly.
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He defiantly skirted the Italian coastline aboard his luxury yacht, taunting the authorities who had steadfastly refused to allow him to set foot in his native country for more than half a century.
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He might surface, gasp for air and taunting by his pirate comrades and then be keelhauled back underwater.
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taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'
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She's a real tease, taunting him to steal a kiss or cop a feel.
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And what better way to incite people than by a continuous stinging of their pride and resentment, by taunting or “twitting” them? sdg Says:
Matthew Yglesias » Doing It With Twitter
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A taunting, chill laughter toward which he was meant to react with hostility.
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She had barely escaped disinheritance but that didn't stop her from confronting her father or taunting him about her lifestyle.
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They then started taunting him and shouted at him before kicking the football into his face.
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This point deserves attention, not for the sake of the miserable and ruinous advantage which is obtained by taunting an adversary in controversy with inconsistency till you drive him to improve his logical position by increasing the exactingness of his demands, but because the advocates of Home Rule (honestly enough, no doubt) confuse the matter under discussion by a strange kind of intellectual shuffle.
England's Case Against Home Rule
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It cues our hate to keep us watching, like a bullfighter taunting a bull: waving red to draw our attention and anger.
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His sole weapon seems to be his mouth, whether by taunting or biting.
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‘'Tis I who have the map to the pearl-treasures of these isles, and not thee, Northerner, ‘he called, taunting Viro.
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He took sadistic pleasure in taunting the boy.
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The boys soon began taunting and insulting each other, in some cases turning against good friends who were now on the opposing team.
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Nero's boyish pride by taunting him with what she called his degrading and unmanly subjection to his mother.
Nero Makers of History Series
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On Good Friday at Highbury, the Liverpool support went from the noisy Scouse taunting we know so well - when they were 2-1 up at half-time - to orderly seated silence.
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Not for once did she believe his aberrational humility would last against all his friends’ taunting.
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Each time Alvin came out of the porthouse with a crate of iron bars, they'd call out to him, taunting him.
Prentice Alvin
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I was first confused, then enraged, as he bobbed in the waves repeating his taunting question.
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Xaphista spoke to her often, coaxing one minute, taunting the next.
TREASON KEEP
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One of the MPs, a big redneck shitkicker, began poking one of my guys, a black soldier named Mickey Washington, with his baton, taunting him about being a lifer in the army.
Dancing with the Devil
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She, too, delivers a dual personality: the innocent young college girl Doc feels obligated to protect; and the little coquette, taunting Turk with promises she has no intention of fulfilling.
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As soon as they turn the corner, Tommy's behavior turns to taunting and jeers.
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It was under the pressure of people in the audience hurling drunken comments, taunting him, wanting him to fail, expecting him to fall apart.
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His taunting of the king and a scurrilous lampoon of Charles II in front of the French ambassador helps to seal his fate.
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Our main competitor on the 92S also was a long time collector who loved the coin as much as we did and was determined to add it to his amazing set (needless to say our taunting him with pics of cute puppies calling his name did not make him leave before the sale).
THE FUN SHOW 2009 : Coin Collecting News
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Suitably inwardly calmed, he returned with the role of McCabe, a maverick wildlife liaison officer who wasn't afraid to use unorthodox methods to get results when it came to bad people taunting squirrels or baiting frogspawn.
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They began taunting the friends and threatening them, before launching a physical attack.
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B o R N E B Y T H E W I N D, the banners floated above the runway, their painted slogans taunting the dusty trees.
RUSHING TO PARADISE
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A voice cut cold and taunting through the clangor of the fight.
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When he finally made it to the stage to alternately flip his hair and continue sneering, he began taunting the crowd and encouraging them to pump their fists - then the sound promptly gave out.
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By 1994, the league added a ‘taunting’ clause to its technical-foul rule to, in effect, penalize a player for non-verbal trash talking.
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He'd make humorous, taunting faces or just out-do her hits with an unserious blow or a tickle.
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I saw women's faces and heard taunting voices in my head.
Times, Sunday Times
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I saw women's faces and heard taunting voices in my head.
Times, Sunday Times
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She cringed at the sound of the word sister coming out in a taunting voice.
SILENT TRUTH
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Or do you wait till they tire of the taunting and go to release the victim when the coast is clear?
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The general behavior of the sprinters - lording it over their opponents in a taunting and self-congratulatory manner - was the opposite of what the Olympics are supposed to be about: international friendship and solidarity.
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I heard the taunting whistle of the koel and I knew I was in a mango orchard.
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But while fear of a shark attack may haunt Australian beachgoers as they dip their toes in the oceans that surround their nation, for "shark whisperer" Ian Gordon taunting a massive Great White Shark to attack is all in a day's work.
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Nikolas was already relishing the idea of taunting Tyler with this interesting information.
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Far along in the distance one could see the cows frolicking in the fields, the birds soaring past the trees, and the cats taunting the field mice.
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It also offers a prime taunting spot: During several Phillies games this week, more than 200 knotholers heckled Philadelphia players on the field: "Worthless!" they brayed at right fielder Jayson Werth, who ignored them.
Watching Baseball Through 'Knothole' Isn't Naughty When Giants Play
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In the seventh round, Leonard did 3 minutes of taunting, offering his wide-eyed face as a stationary target, throwing a jab while windmilling his right arm, a hip shimmy here, an Ali shuffle there.
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He looked up and the saurian creature's slitted eyes seemed to stare back at him, taunting him.
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You would think the Aussies would want to avoid the barrage of taunting texts from friends and family back in Blighty.
Times, Sunday Times
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B o R N E B Y T H E W I N D, the banners floated above the runway, their painted slogans taunting the dusty trees.
RUSHING TO PARADISE
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‘Say the word and it's yours…’ the voice husked, he could feel the warm breath brush his ear tauntingly, a brush of silk against his arm.
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He was screaming and carrying on and raving and cussing and taunting me and trying his best to escape from whatever restraints we put him in so that he could come after me.
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Some of the taunting he has faced is provocatively personal, but he laughs it off.
Times, Sunday Times
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Each produced many paintings showing the massed splendour of up to seven people mounted on their taunting steeds, dressed in their finest taunting 'yellows' of purple underwired bra and orange waders with the specially-bred and trained packs of taunting hamsters 'showing' and baying, eager to be off taunting.
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In a fight full of trash-talking and taunting, Jones appeared tired early, and said having to lose weight to come down from heavyweight took its toll.
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He endured the taunting for five months, telling no one, afraid that to do so would make matters worse.
Times, Sunday Times
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He also has some infatuation with Tolkien, as might be guessed from the name, lives in California, and has a fondness for taunting snowbound Minnesotans with photos of blooming flowers.
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His fingerprints were also on the taunting letter sent to police.
The Sun
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I circled in the air, taunting her with lashes from my whip.
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They endured lewd jokes, taunting and unwelcome physical contact.
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But all black officers face the same occupational hazard: race-based taunting. ‘You work for the Man!’
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Fascinating discoveries from second hand bookshops and chainstore threefertwos alike pile up on the shelves, taunting you with your laziness and their unreadness; novels that have been read are no better, merely taking up space as you slowly forget their plot and characters, destined to either be lugged from house to house as you move, or given away as fodder for Oxfam in its quest to become the Tesco of secondhand bookselling.
August « 2009 « Squares of Wheat
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And the feline family ‘plays’ with its food before eating it, taunting and chasing their prey.
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_English Bards_, &c. (ii. 466-467), taunting Moore with fighting a duel with Jeffrey with "leadless pistol" had led to a challenge, and it was not till Byron returned to England that explanations ensued, and that the challenge was withdrawn.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
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In this book, for example, the kids find their Hallowe’en going a bit awry from the start, but the taunting of the class mean girls really kicks the strange happenings into high gear.
13 Picks From The Pumpkin Patch
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When my mum wasn't in the room he would always say snide remarks, taunting me.
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Or do you wait till they tire of the taunting and go to release the victim when the coast is clear?
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House under the Wood (as very seldom betid), and the witch-wife was speaking to her in friendly fashion (as for her) and blaming her for fleeing away, and was taunting her with the failure of her love, and therewith telling her how fair a man and lovesome was the
The Water of the Wondrous Isles
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From the first days of their courtship, his wife had been a woman vitally erotic, playfully taunting.
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It was a long, empty morning in the silent office, filled only with the echoes of a taunting voice.
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When my mum wasn't in the room he would always say snide remarks, taunting me.
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All of this happened while he endured endless taunting and baiting by racist opponents and hostile crowds and frigid responses from some of his own teammates.
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It probed around his mind, taunting it, torturing it, but never letting on who or what it might be.
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His tone is tauntingly acidic, his expression world-weary but capable of mischievous reigniting; his hands keep taking off on a little dance of impatience and deprecation.
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The byplay during and after the courtroom scene shows that she acts and speaks with half an eye toward sussing out the danger he poses to her marriage, and likewise the taunting ‘ring’ scenes have more purpose as well.
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We often see various species of birds roosting between the leaves, picking on the sweet dates and taunting the small boys below who can't reach the nests.
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Driving through farmland you will come across a variety of wildlife including spur winged plovers, white faced herons, and magpies playing roadside roulette and taunting cyclists.
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I also see a lot of penalties for taunting and unsportsmanlike conduct.
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MONTPELIER - Montpelier school officials are planning to crack down on negative cheering and taunting at high school sporting events in the wake of complaints last fall and winter about fan behavior.
RutlandHerald.com
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The frog took to taunting the forest animals who were gripped by the strange com 'pulsion.
Odyssey
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He endured the taunting for five months, telling no one, afraid that to do so would make matters worse.
Times, Sunday Times
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A voice cut cold and taunting through the clangor of the fight.
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Shoplifters are taunting them with these minor thefts, undeterred by CCTV cameras.
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Alban turned to face the taunting eyes of the old governess feeling both rage and shame rise in his bosom.
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You would think the Aussies would want to avoid the barrage of taunting texts from friends and family back in Blighty.
Times, Sunday Times
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Excuse me sardar sahib, but who has given you the Padma Shri," she asked tauntingly.
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The lessons never seemed a match for the fear Howard felt when chased home by the Irish-Catholic kids from St. Theresa’s parish, all those Studs Lonigans shouting “sheenie” and taunting him as a “prick-cutter” and “Jesus killer.”
Sound and Fury
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Besides the fact that the main character must endure taunting about her ethnicity including being called a towelhead, so much of the novel's plot is fueled by the characters' attitudes toward race.
Alan Ball and Alicia Erian Defend Title of Towelhead « FirstShowing.net
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The announcement by the host of the "Dr. Laura" program was a stunning denouement after a week in which Schlessinger was widely criticized for describing an African American caller to her program as "hypersensitive" for taking offense at a neighbor's racial taunting.
'Dr. Laura' to end radio show over racial controversy
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He drew a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for taunting after he flipped the ball at a Detroit player on the sideline.
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His tone is tauntingly acidic, his expression world-weary but capable of mischievous reigniting; his hands keep taking off on a little dance of impatience and deprecation.
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Then she leaves the bag on the window sill, visible to the squirrels, taunting them, hoping one of them will take a leap and brain themselves on the glass.
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For instance, while waiting once on the on-deck circle in Boston, a fan began taunting him.
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In a reality of pain and hypervigilance, cops decompress by leaning on one another and/or taunting the living hell out of each other.
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There was a Chinese guy, who's bag I assume it was, taunting it by opening his mouth really wide and moving his arms up and down, but the bird was having none of it.
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The seven man, five woman jury rejected a call to convict him of manslaughter on the grounds of his claims that he was provoked by his wife taunting him about affairs.
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His fingerprints were also on the taunting letter sent to police.
The Sun
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The three surrounded her; began shoving and taunting her.
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Faces of children, faces of teachers: angry, taunting, horrible… my heart was overwhelmed at the mercilessness others imposed.
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Some of the taunting he has faced is provocatively personal, but he laughs it off.
Times, Sunday Times
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The kid who was bullied becomes the bully, taunting, beating up fellow students, and intimidating teachers.
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Suddenly, the green-and-white-clad morons began taunting the Thistle crowd, before lobbing missiles in their direction.
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As the neon sign flashes on and off outside, Chris begins to hear the disembodied voices of Kitty and Johnnie teasing him, taunting him, and accusing him.
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I have been on the receiving end of that behavior — going past verbal taunting ot being slugged, inter alia.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A Crime to Repeatedly Insult a Minor
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She'd sat by her car, waiting while snickering students passed by, taunting her for what she couldn't understand and could care less about.
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English commanders; a success which is sometimes tauntingly held up, in contrast with what is most unjustly termed the sluggishness of our own squadron.
Journal of an African Cruiser
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He scuffed his feet against the wood floor tauntingly, shifting his weight around rapidly as if to signify a first move.
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Not only that, every time they're able to score a point they start taunting and teasing us, and they were good at it.
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The court said that the taunting of a spouse in such a manner amounted to mental cruelty.
Times, Sunday Times
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Even when they broke for dinner, the taunting continued.
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Collar's taunting of XENON appears to have heated up the debate over DAMA's claim to unprecedented red-hot temperatures.
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The sound of several hundred bookies and professionals all shouting at once, all jeering and taunting.
