Example Sentences

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Among many others, so are a troupe of self-flagellating monks, a cart of corpses, a vulgar French taunter and a Trojan rabbit.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2023

Pritchard then put one hand near the floor, a common N.B.A. taunt to signify that a defender is too small to guard the taunter.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2022

His comic style being better suited to the role of a sideline taunter than ball carrier, he kept leaning over from the couch into Richard’s frame and repeatedly interrupted with ineffective wisecracks.

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2014

To add insult to arrest, Michael had to suffer the advice of his frequent taunter Boy George, who wrote in a tab: "When push comes to shove, we are sisters under the skin."

From Time Magazine Archive

For a moment they looked as if they would throw themselves on the taunter, but years of their life had schooled them and they remained still.

From Dracula's Guest by Stoker, Bram