- present perfect progressive of bait (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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The West Australian newspaper has been baiting the England team since they arrived in Perth.
From BBC • Nov. 20, 2025
John McEnroe has been baiting Serena and Venus Williams into a match for years, to try to drum up business for himself.
From Washington Post • Jun. 26, 2017
Germany's Bastian Schweinsteiger has been baiting Maradona in the build-up to the match - a repeat of the 2006 quarter-final which Germany won on penalties.
From The Guardian • Jul. 4, 2010
A hunter has made that blind to shoot Black Ducks from," thought Farmer Brown's boy, "and he has been baiting them in here by scattering corn for them.
From Blacky the Crow by Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo)
"That fellow has been baiting Ducks," thought he.
From Blacky the Crow by Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo)
