Example Sentences

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The final out was especially gratifying; he fanned first baseman George Scott, who throughout the series had been taunting Gibson and the Cards.

From Washington Post • Oct. 3, 2020

The witness said the two men and two women in their early to mid-20s had been taunting the animal.

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2015

“Nix verstandt,” said another who had been taunting her in idiomatic English all morning.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

The man's face, which had been taunting, grew ugly.

From Lifted Masks; stories by Glaspell, Susan

The big man had been taunting her, for his teeth showed in a mocking grin as he hovered near her, apparently sure of her.

From The Coming of the Law by Seltzer, Charles Alden