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

"Otherwise, I suppose, you will taunt me with being a coward."

From Bandit Love by Savage, Juanita

Men will taunt him with his former boastings, and he will awake to find himself but a mortal among mortals.

From North America — Volume 2 by Trollope, Anthony