How to Use taunt in a Sentence

taunt

1 of 2 verb
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  • The boys continually taunted each other.
  • In the videos, Diana watched the masked men taunt Roma.
    — New York Times, 30 Mar. 2022
  • In the last few months, fate has seemed to taunt Ballard Oil.
    — Paul Roberts, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The next night, thousands came to the Stonewall Inn to taunt the police.
    — Erin Blakemore, National Geographic, 26 June 2020
  • Sure enough, at the store, a group of thuggish young men taunt him.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The record for the month of 19 is in play, so keep that in mind if any more raindrops taunt you in the days ahead.
    — Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2021
  • Then, once onstage, Drake seemed to taunt the crowd a bit.
    — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2024
  • There was the time Terry got a haircut, went to school the next day and was taunted.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 6 Apr. 2023
  • In a memo submitted to the court, the state explained that Nedd won the fight and then taunted Track about it.
    — Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 27 Aug. 2023
  • The move has led to a tense back-and-forth with the show’s venue, which taunted the Virginia native online.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2023
  • After getting one dog riled, the fox would go down the street and taunt another.
    — The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
  • The chipmunks loved to taunt my indoor cats, running back and forth right in front of their noses, safe outside the screens.
    — Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2020
  • As a result of the public attention, the suit says people would show up to the restaurant to taunt Gilliam.
    — Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY, 16 June 2021
  • Why did Duncan Robinson taunt the Celtics crowd in Game 7?
    — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 31 May 2023
  • During the game, the crowd would taunt him about his aunt Millie, dog Muffin or recent breakup.
    — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2022
  • One of the mob members holding a rope taunted the teen before the noose was tied to Choate’s neck and his body tossed over the balcony.
    — Timothy Bella, Anchorage Daily News, 19 July 2023
  • Gangs taunt one another on YouTube and settle the score with bloodshed.
    — Andy Mannix, Star Tribune, 24 July 2021
  • George and Martha proceed to taunt and prod each other in front of the unwitting young people.
    — Jessica Geltstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Running down the center of I-95, the cars in the express lanes whizzed by, taunting those crawling on either side.
    — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 11 June 2023
  • But the goat didn’t die after a single head shot; its legs kept flailing, as if to taunt Eisen for being such a weasel.
    — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2022
  • The brothers stood behind a fence and taunted Melgoza, telling him to jump to the other side, the D.A.'s office said.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Why not taunt Biden for getting credit for something when Trump laid the groundwork?
    — al, 16 July 2021
  • Once the targets are aware that they’ve been swindled, the fraudsters often insult or taunt them.
    — Cezary Podkul, ProPublica, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Cora shouted at Rodriguez not to taunt the shortstop, then wrapped his starter in a hug.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2021
  • Black players are still taunted with racial slurs and monkey sounds.
    — Bob Hohler, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2023
  • To see someone go on and taunt your starting quarterback like that?
    — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2021
  • Over crunchy electric guitars and a pop-punk beat, Swift taunted the new girlfriend of an ex.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 11 July 2023
  • As soon as new intakes arrive, their hair is buzz-cut, sometimes while guards taunt them.
    — NBC News, 24 Feb. 2022
  • If this weren’t sad enough, the clanging piano chords—loping around in circular motion—taunt her dead-end state.
    — Joshua Minsoo Kim, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, city leaders have launched an investigation after members of the Utah women's basketball team say they were subjected to racial slurs from two men who also taunted them using their trucks as players were stepping out for a meal.
    — Jade Lawson, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2024
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taunt

2 of 2 noun
  • In time the taunt would become the most famous name in sports.
    — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Wasn’t afraid of the whispers, the taunts, the shadow that follows him around the state.
    — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 11 July 2018
  • His house was the vault of ugly memories: the fights, the squabbles, the taunts, the slurs.
    — Gregory M. Collins, National Review, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Every chorus of that taunt just seemed to hang there, like breath in the cold night air.
    — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 15 Dec. 2021
  • The rearview mirror is more of a taunt than a useful device.
    — John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 5 Mar. 2021
  • The next time a game in Italy’s domestic league is marred by racist taunts?
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2019
  • Magpie took it as a taunt and tried to suss out the identity of the jerk who teased her.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Even with new faces, the taunts and trash talk are plentiful.
    — Schuyler Dixon, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The companies' CEOs have even traded taunts about who will be the first to reach Mars.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 6 Aug. 2019
  • The match was stopped in the 65th minute when players of the Timbers went to the officials alleging the taunt.
    — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 27 June 2021
  • Each square on the board was a call to arms for any avid reader, a taunt to finish one more space, one more book.
    — Samantha Grobman, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Oct. 2022
  • But as more students pulled out their phones, the taunts from the most vocal of the three took a more menacing turn.
    — Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2023
  • McVay wasn’t aware of the taunt, but hoped Ramsey has changed his outlook.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 27 Sep. 2020
  • One of the videos from the incident shows Cruz struggling to escape the hostile crowd amid chants and taunts.
    — Fox News, 18 Oct. 2018
  • The Kremlin and its press organs airbrushed the taunt out of the official transcripts.
    — The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2022
  • Some of them have been caught on camera yelling racist taunts at Black and Asian contestants.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The crowd might have continued its taunt, but good luck hearing that over the sound of Zach Edey roaring.
    — Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Who cares how both sides spin the outcome, claim bragging rights, issue the cleverest taunt?
    — Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 10 Jan. 2019
  • Again, few were masked, and some seemed to walk purposely close to their Biden counterparts as a kind of taunt.
    — Mark Leibovich, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Lincoln High School cheer and drill team members were the first to report the taunts on social media.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2019
  • 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.
    — New York Times, 4 June 2022
  • The lies and taunts, which Musk engaged with on social media, turned his life upside down, Brody said.
    — Donie O'Sullivan, CNN, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The students reported that taunts did not only come from students on the home side of the field but also from adults.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2019
  • After one too many taunts, Everett charged across a table at Rome.
    — Sophia Sun, Variety, 19 July 2023
  • This is the taunt implicit in everything Zuckerberg does at this point in his reign.
    — David Roth, The New Republic, 22 Dec. 2021
  • Along the way, Curry saw it all: rough fouls, not-safe-for-work taunts, full-court gimmicks — anything to quell his brilliance.
    — Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, 25 Oct. 2019
  • The incident occurred around the 65th minute of the match when play was stopped as Timbers players protested to the official about the racist taunt.
    — oregonlive, 27 June 2021
  • The Hamas leader walked around Gaza after the cease-fire in what many Palestinians perceived as a taunt to Israel.
    — Rory Jones, WSJ, 4 June 2021
  • Even its name, which ported one of the most famous gas-guzzling brands of all time to the world of zero-emissions vehicles, was a kind of taunt.
    — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Graffiti scrawled across the back walls of the Local 50 office appeared to call out the union president and vice president by name with vulgar taunts and slurs.
    — Gabriel San Román, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2023

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