Sentence examples for to taunts from inspiring English sources
verb
To make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner.
By Wednesday, though, the liberal banter had turned to taunts.
On two occasions, youths reacted to taunts from the fascists and gave chase.
The two sides staged elaborate battles, recording songs as insults to respond to taunts from the other side.
And the starry-eyed encouragement of other Americans, wowed by the "spiritualism" of Indians, can soon turn to taunts once endangered species are involved.
The pair had an at-times fraught relationship, dating back to taunts Ali directed at his rival in the build-up to their famous trilogy of fights.
Later, some of the young civilians who had been attacking the cathedral switched to taunts, making lewd gestures involving the sign of the cross.
The girls began to taunt her: Whore.
Sportin' Life arrives to taunt Bess.
He has begun to taunt Korean kids.
Sherman felt entitled to taunt Green about it immediately afterward.
