Example Sentences

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In that great play, part of the pleasure is teasing out when the host couple, George and Martha, are playing a malevolent prank on their guests or tearing each other apart for real.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2025

Get your cowboy boots and hats ready — Beyoncé is teasing her fans with a surprise in the new year.

From Salon • Dec. 26, 2024

They’ve subbed out red pom poms for white ones so the dye won’t run in rain that is teasing its return from a leaden November sky.

From Washington Times • Nov. 18, 2022

And they’ve subbed out red pom poms for white ones so the dye won’t run in rain that is teasing its return from a leaden November sky.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2022

Even when he is teasing me, I feel the sound of our home language enfold us like a mother’s warm arms.

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads