TAUNT in a Sentence

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35 example sentences for TAUNT, such as:

1. Cranly did not take up the taunt.
2. The taunt burned into him, but he let it pass.
3. Reaction to his taunts will only encourage him.
4. The other children taunted him about his weight.
5. The cruel taunt was more than hunger and cold and nakedness.

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 Meanings and Examples of TAUNT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
taunt
 v.  reproach in a mocking, insulting, or contemptuous manner; make fun of , often in an aggressive manner
Classic Sentence: (30 in 3 pages)
1  The taunt burned into him, but he let it pass.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
2  It will be your duty to see that none dare to approach the ladies with any rude intention, or to offer insult or taunt at the misfortune of their brave father.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17
3  They were attentive but silent observers of the proceedings of the vanquished, failing in none of the stipulated military honors, and offering no taunt or insult, in their success, to their less fortunate foes.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17
4  The deep guttural laugh of the savage sounded, at such a moment, to Duncan, like the hellish taunt of a demon.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 25
5  So grievous did he think it that he could never possess the secret right to taunt truly in answer.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
6  Adolph, enraged at this taunt, flew furiously at his adversary, swearing and striking on every side of him.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
7  The cruel taunt was more than hunger and cold and nakedness.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
8  So mischievous a thing did the Romans esteem it to use insulting words to others, or to taunt them with their shame.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XXVI.
9  No bitter meanness now shall sicken his baby heart till it die a living death, no taunt shall madden his happy boyhood.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In XI
10  Now, these four retorts arose from Mr. Giles's taunt; and Mr. Giles's taunt had arisen from his indignation at having the responsibility of going home again, imposed upon himself under cover of a compliment.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
11  Cranly did not take up the taunt.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
12  Once, the thought of flinging the truth tauntingly in Melanie's face and seeing the collapse of her fool's paradise had been an intoxicating one, a gesture worth everything she might lose thereby.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LV
13  His cry was answered by a yell and a laugh from the woods, as tauntingly exulting as if fifty demons were uttering their blasphemies at the fall of some Christian soul.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8
14  Linton repeated his laugh, and glanced at Hareton tauntingly; who certainly did not seem quite clear of comprehension at that moment.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
15  She hated him, sitting there in his dandified attire, taunting her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
Example Sentence:
1  When we antagonize, taunt or inflame our opponents, we motivate them to defeat us.
2  Perhaps later tonight I will dream up something else to taunt you.
3  Reaction to his taunts will only encourage him.
4  The other children taunted him about his weight.
5  He taunted armed officers by pointing to his head, as if inviting them to shoot.