taunt
verb (used with object)
to reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner; mock.
will taunt
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future tenseof taunt.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Should a vaccine be approved, but remain in limited supply, it will taunt us as we settle into the darkest days of winter with our masks, our hand sanitizer and what’s left of our sanity.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 9, 2020
When her plan is thwarted, it appears as if the moon will taunt her much as it did our old friend King Yertle.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2017
Either way, the Liverpool crowd will taunt him.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2011
It must needs grieve you wonderous, That they died so shamefully both two: Men will taunt you and mock you, for they say now The cause of their death was even very you.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by William Carew Hazlitt
And truly, since death is the last enemy of all, valiant souls will taunt him while they may.
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I by Herman Melville
