France midfielder Hatem Ben Arfa was his usual precocious self, frequently teasing Chelsea's right.
When he first sings of his passion for Euridice, he is full of self-mockery, teasing himself about the fact that he was so mournful in his pursuit of her love.
Such self-teasing is much to Coleridge's credit and gives this gigantic canapé of a novel an additional piquancy.
Again, ridicule if you will, but he gets the self-tease in first.
Their conversation is witty, teasing, self-consciously "intellectual".
She cultivated a self-deprecating, faintly teasing manner that seemed to go over well.
"We had expensive sneakers stolen because 'yours were better than mine' and we had bullying, teasing and self-esteem problems.
For this material, Frankel has a perfect touch, strengthening the inconsequential with emotion, and teasing the self-important with satire.
In her lyrics Winehouse seemed to show how she screwed things up – how she should never have played the "game" of love in the first place, of "teasing" her self-esteem, and of "this regret I got accustomed to".
Playboi Carti spent so long teasing his self-titled debut mixtape that some of his fans started wondering if it could live up to their sky-high expectations.
This is a great way to show your truer good self without being teased or called "teacher's pet", "goody-goody" or other rude names.
